27As 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.”
Focused Passage
Luke 11:27-28
Prayer, Kingdom Conflict, True Hearing, and the Exposure of Hypocrisy
Luke moves from Jesus teaching prayer to the Father’s generosity, from exorcism to kingdom conflict, from sign-seeking to the sign of Jonah, from biological blessing to obedient hearing, and from outward religious appearance to inward corruption exposed by Jesus’ woes.
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Verse 27
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AsδὲG1161Conjunction. . .ἘγένετοG1096Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular. . .ἐνG1722Preposition[Jesus]αὐτὸνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τῷG3588Article - Dative Neuter Singularwas sayingλέγεινG3004Verb - Present Infinitive Activethese thingsταῦταG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter PluralaτιςG5100Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Feminine SingularwomanγυνὴG1135Noun - Nominative Feminine SingularinἐκG1537PrepositiontheτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularcrowdὄχλουG3793Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularraisedἐπάρασάG1869Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular[her] voiceφωνὴνG5456Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular[and] saidεἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularBlessedΜακαρίαG3107Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular[is] theἡG3588Article - Nominative Feminine SingularwombκοιλίαG2836Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular-ἡG3588Article - Nominative Feminine Singularthat boreβαστάσασάG941Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine SingularYouσεG4771Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 2nd Person Singularand [blessed are]καὶG2532Conjunction[the] breastsμαστοὶG3149Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralthatοὓςG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Pluralnursed YouἐθήλασαςG2337Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Verse 28
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ButδὲG1161ConjunctionHeΑὐτὸςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person SingularrepliedεἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularBlessedμακάριοιG3107Adjective - Nominative Masculine PluralratherΜενοῦνG3304Particle[are] those whoοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralhearἀκούοντεςG191Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluraltheτὸνG3588Article - Accusative Masculine SingularwordλόγονG3056Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Singularof GodΘεοῦG2316Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunctionobey itφυλάσσοντεςG5442Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural