Luke 11:27-28

You may fool others but you cannot fool God.....He sees everything we do and He knows the intent of our heart. Our greatest deception is in fooling ourselves and in so doing losing our soul to the standards of this world. Two commandments Christ gave to us that encompass all the other commandments...love God above any person, place or thing and love others as much as we do ourselves. 

And what does God require of us?

 Micah 6:8 

⁸ He has shown you, O man, what is good; 
And what does the Lord require of you 
But to do justly, 
To love mercy, 
And to walk humbly with your 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!”