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27 As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd called out, “God bless your mother—the womb from which you came, and the breasts that nursed you!”

28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”

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True Blessedness

27 As Jesus[a] was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and told him, “How blessed is the womb that gave birth to you and the breasts that nursed you!”

28 But he said, “Instead, how blessed are those who hear God’s word and obey it!”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 11:27 Lit. he