But He replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those people who hear God’s word and obey it.”
Luke 11:28 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) But Jesus said, “Yes, but those who listen to God’s message and obey it are [more] blessed.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But He said, Blessed (happy and to be envied) rather are those who hear the Word of God and obey and practice it! American Standard Version (1901) But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. Common English Bible But he said, “Happy rather are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then he said, "Yes, but moreover: blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it. |
But He replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those people who hear God’s word and obey it.”
The person who reads this [book] and those who listen to the words of this prophecy and who obey what is written in it are blessed, for the time [when some of it will occur] is near. [See verse 1].
Those who wash their robes are blessed because [then] they will have the right to [eat from] the tree of life, and will [be able to] enter the city through the gates.