But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
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Luke · Luke 11
Luke 11:28
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27It 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!”
Luke 11:28
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
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29When 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.
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