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Clementine Latin Vulgate
secundum Matthæum 11:28
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At ille dixit: Quinimmo beati, qui audiunt verbum Dei et custodiunt illud.
At ille dixit: "Quinimmo beati, qui audiunt verbum Dei et custodiunt!".
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Luke 6:47, Luke 6:48, Luke 8:21, Psalms 1:1-3, Psalms 112:1, Psalms 119:1-6, Psalms 128:1, Isaiah 48:17, Isaiah 48:18, Matthew 7:21-25, Matthew 12:48-50, John 13:17, James 1:21-25, 1 John 3:21-24, Revelation 22:14
Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:26 - keep Deuteronomy 5:29 - keep all Deuteronomy 11:27 - General Deuteronomy 27:1 - Keep all Deuteronomy 28:1 - If thou shalt Deuteronomy 29:9 - General Joshua 1:8 - observe 1 Kings 10:8 - happy are these 2 Chronicles 9:7 - General Psalms 32:1 - Blessed Psalms 106:3 - Blessed Proverbs 7:1 - keep Proverbs 7:4 - Thou Proverbs 8:32 - for Proverbs 8:34 - watching Proverbs 10:17 - the way Proverbs 19:16 - keepeth the Proverbs 23:25 - and she Proverbs 29:18 - but Isaiah 2:3 - he will teach Isaiah 56:2 - Blessed Ezekiel 18:11 - that Ezekiel 33:31 - and they Matthew 5:3 - Blessed Matthew 7:24 - whosoever Matthew 11:6 - blessed Matthew 12:50 - do Matthew 25:34 - Come Mark 3:34 - Behold Luke 1:28 - blessed Luke 1:45 - blessed Luke 8:15 - keep John 14:21 - that hath Romans 10:17 - and hearing 1 Thessalonians 2:13 - the word of God 2 Timothy 4:7 - I have kept James 1:22 - be James 1:25 - this 1 John 2:5 - whoso Revelation 1:3 - Blessed
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But he said,.... Christ said "to the woman", Persic version reads, as correcting her, though not denying it, nor reproving her for it, but improving upon it:
yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it; intimating, that though his mother was happy in bearing and suckling such a son, yet it was a far greater happiness to hear the word of God; meaning either himself, the eternal "Logos", so as to embrace him, believe on him, and have him formed in the heart; or the Gospel preached by him, so as to understand it, receive it as the ingrafted word, and bring forth fruit, and act in obedience to it, observe it, and abide by it, and never relinquish it. This is a greater happiness than to be related to Christ in the flesh, though ever so nearly. The Ethiopic version reads, "that hear the word of God, and believe, and keep it": for faith comes by hearing, and shows itself in doing. Barely to hear the word, and even give an assent to it, will be of little avail, unless what is heard and believed is put in practice.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A certain woman - One of the crowd.
Blessed is the womb ... - She thought that the “mother” of such a person must be especially happy in having such a son.
Yea, rather blessed ... - Jesus admits that she was happy - that it was an honor to be his mother, but he says that the chief happiness, the highest honor, was to obey the word of God. Compared with this, all earthly distinctions and honors are as nothing. Man’s greatest dignity is in keeping the holy commandments of God, and in being prepared for heaven. See the notes at Luke 10:20.
