11 translations · Greek
Luke 11:28
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
Luke 11:28 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
- KJV King James Version
- But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And He said, “Indeed, rather, blessed those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- But Jesus said, “Even more blessed are those who hear God's word, and follow what it says.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And he said, 'Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!'
- DBY Darby Translation
- But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep [it].
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- But he said, Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Αὐτὸς | Autos | He | G846 αὐτός it/s/he |
| δὲ | de | But | G1161 δέ then |
| εἶπεν | eipen | replied | G2036 εἶπον to say |
| Μενοῦν | Menoun | rather | G3304 μενοῦνγε rather |
| μακάριοι | makarioi | Blessed | G3107 μακάριος blessed |
| οἱ | hoi | [are] those who | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ἀκούοντες | akouontes | hear | G191 ἀκούω to hear |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| λόγον | logon | word | G3056 λόγος word |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Θεοῦ | Theou | of God | G2316 θεός God |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 καί and |
| φυλάσσοντες | phylassontes | obey it | G5442 φυλάσσω to keep/guard: observe |
Related verses
- Luke 6:47–48
Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it was founded on the rock.
- Luke 8:21
But he answered them, “My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it.”
- Psalm 112:1
Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
- James 1:21–25
Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; …
- John 13:17
If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
- Psalm 1:1–3
Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
- Isaiah 48:17–18
Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go. Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
- 1 John 3:21–24
Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God; and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded. …
- Psalm 119:1–6
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law. Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart. Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways. …
- Psalm 128:1
Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
26 Then he goes, and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
27 It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
28 But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
29 When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
30 For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will also the Son of Man be to this generation.
Read all of Luke 11 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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