Luke 11:28

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But he replied,“Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

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  • Luke 6:47-48 : 47 “Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice– I will show you what he is like: 48 He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.
  • Luke 8:21 : 21 But he replied to them,“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”
  • Jas 1:21-25 : 21 So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves. 23 For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror. 24 For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was. 25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out– he will be blessed in what he does.
  • Isa 48:17-18 : 17 This is what the LORD, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the LORD your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go. 18 If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.
  • Matt 7:21-25 : 21 Judgment of Pretenders“Not everyone who says to me,‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven– only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 On that day, many will say to me,‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many powerful deeds in your name?’ 23 Then I will declare to them,‘I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!’ 24 Hearing and Doing“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. 25 The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because its foundation had been laid on rock.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
  • Ps 1:1-3 : 1 ¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers! 2 Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the LORD’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.
  • 1 John 3:21-24 : 21 Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God, 22 and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him. 23 Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment. 24 And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us.
  • Ps 119:1-6 : 1 א(Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the LORD. 2 How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart, 3 who, moreover, do no wrong, but follow in his footsteps. 4 You demand that your precepts be carefully kept. 5 If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes! 6 Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands.
  • Ps 128:1 : 1 A song of ascents. How blessed is every one of the LORD’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!
  • Matt 12:48-50 : 48 To the one who had said this, Jesus replied,“Who is my mother and who are my brothers?” 49 And pointing toward his disciples he said,“Here are my mother and my brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates.

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    27 As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him,“Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!”

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    16 “But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

    17 For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

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    15 The Parable of the Great Banquet When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him,“Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!”

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    15 The one who has ears had better listen!

  • Luke 10:23-24
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    23 Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately,“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!

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    32 “So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

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    21 But he replied to them,“My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it.”

  • Rev 1:3
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    3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy aloud, and blessed are those who hear and obey the things written in it, because the time is near!

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    9 And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”

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    17 If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them.

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    6 – and blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me!”

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    27 the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,

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    18 So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

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    10 True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.

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    9 The one who has ears had better listen!”

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    15 But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

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    29 Jesus said to him,“Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not seen and yet have believed.”

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    2 All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the LORD your God:

  • Mark 4:23-24
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    23 If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”

    24 And he said to them,“Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

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    45 And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

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    4 Yes indeed, the man who fears the LORD will be blessed in this way.

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    34 Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway.

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    23 Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me.”

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    29 For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say,‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!’

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    2 The people who do this will be blessed, the people who commit themselves to obedience, who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, who refrain from doing anything that is wrong.

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    11 “Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

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    42 She exclaimed with a loud voice,“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb!

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    16 After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them.

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    51 I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.”

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    24 “I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

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    14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

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    26 Those who heard this said,“Then who can be saved?”

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