Luke 11:27-28·~1 min
True Blessedness
The crowd praises Jesus’ mother, and Jesus answers by naming hearing and obedience as the greater blessing.
A27s Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!” 28But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Section summaryA woman in the crowd praises Jesus’ mother, but Jesus turns the blessing toward those who hear God’s word and keep it. The blessed life is marked by hearing and obedience from first to last.
Role in the chapterThis section redirects blessing from family status to faithful hearing of God’s word and keeping it here as the mark of true blessedness for Jesus.