Luke 11:27-28

We cannot be hearers of the word and not doers.....we either believe the Scriptures are the inspired words of God or we do not! How do we fulfill the Scriptures? Love God above anyone or anything and love others as much as we love ourselves...by the love we show, one to another, we will be known as followers of God!

The woman offered praise for Jesus’ mother. Though Jesus always honored Mary, He commented carefully on the woman’s blessing to keep the focus on the word of God. It is easy to allow traditional practices to take the place of the authority of the Scriptures. Jesus offers His blessing to those who respond concretely to God’s will as expressed in the Bible.

Luke 11:27-28

²⁷ And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!” 

²⁸ But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”