LUKE 11:28 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “Actually,” Yeshua replied, “the ones who will be blessed are all those who listen to God’s message and put it into practice.”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT But he said, “Rather, blessed are the ones hearing the word of God and keeping it.”

UST Then he replied, “God is even more pleased with those who hear his message and obey it!”

BSB But He replied, “Blessed rather [are] those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

BLB And He said, "No rather, blessed are those hearing the word of God and keeping it."

AICNT But he said, “On the contrary,[fn] blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep {it}[fn].”

11:28, On the contrary: Or “Indeed.”

11:28, it: ℵ(01) reads “the word of God.”

OEB But Jesus replied, ‘Rather, happy are those who listen to God’s message and keep it.’

WEBBE But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”

WMBB (Same as above)

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

LSV And He said, “Indeed, rather, blessed those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!”

FBV But Jesus said, “Even more blessed are those who hear God's word, and follow what it says.”

TCNT But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

T4T But he replied, “God is much more pleased with those who hear his message and obey it!”

LEB But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it!”[fn]

11:28 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

BBE But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

Moff But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear and who observe the word of God!"

Wymth "Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."

ASV But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

DRA But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.

YLT And he said, 'Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!'

Drby But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of [fn]God and keep [it].

11.28 Elohim

RV But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

SLT And he said, Rather, happy they hearing the word of God, and watching it.

Wbstr But he said, Yes, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

KJB-1769 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

KJB-1611 But hee said, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the word of God, and keepe it.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.
(But he said: Yea rather happy are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.)

Gnva But hee saide, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the woorde of God, and keepe it.
(But he said, Yea, rather blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. )

Cvdl But he sayde: Yee blessed are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.
(But he said: Ye/You_all blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.)

TNT But he sayde: Ye happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it.
(But he said: Ye/You_all happy are they that hear the word of God and keep it. )

Wycl And he seide, But yhe blessid be thei, that heren the word of God, and kepen it.
(And he said, But yhe blessed be they, that hearing the word of God, and keep it.)

Luth Er aber sprach: Ja, selig sind, die das Wort Gottes hören und bewahren.
(He but spoke: Yes, blessed are, the the word God’s hear/listen and preserve/keep/retain.)

ClVg At ille dixit: Quinimmo beati, qui audiunt verbum Dei et custodiunt illud.[fn]
(But he/that_one he/she_said: Whyimmo happy, who/which they_hear the_word/saying of_God and they_keep it/this/that. )

11.28 Quinimo. Quasi dicat: Non solum laudanda Maria, quia Verbum Dei portavit in utero, sed maxime beata est, quia præcepta Dei servavit in opere. Sic etiam omnes beati sunt qui verbum Dei auditu fidei concipiunt, et boni operis custodiam in suo vel proximorum corde pariunt et nutriunt. Qui audiunt. In laude Ecclesiæ. E contrario damnantur Pharisæi, qui verbum Dei nec audire nec implere, sed blasphemare quærebant.

11.28 Whyimo. As_if let_him_say: Not/No only praisenda Maria, because The_word/saying of_God carried in/into/on the_womb, but especially/most beata it_is, because commands(n) of_God he_kept in/into/on by_work. So also everyone happy are who/which the_word/saying of_God hearing of_faith concipiunt, and good work custody in/into/on his_own or of_neighbours heart pariunt and nutriunt. Who they_hear. In praise Assemblies/Churches. E on_the_contrary damnantur Pharisees, who/which the_word/saying of_God but_not to_hear but_not to_fill, but blasphemare they_were_looking_for.

UGNT αὐτὸς δὲ εἶπεν, μενοῦν, μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ φυλάσσοντες.
(autos de eipen, menoun, makarioi hoi akouontes ton logon tou Theou kai fulassontes.)

SBL-GNT αὐτὸς δὲ εἶπεν· ⸀Μενοῦν μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ⸀φυλάσσοντες.
(autos de eipen; ⸀Menoun makarioi hoi akouontes ton logon tou theou kai ⸀fulassontes.)

RP-GNT Αὐτὸς δὲ εἶπεν, Μενοῦνγε μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ φυλάσσοντες αὐτόν.
(Autos de eipen, Menounge makarioi hoi akouontes ton logon tou theou kai fulassontes auton.)

TC-GNT Αὐτὸς δὲ εἶπε, [fn]Μενοῦνγε μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ φυλάσσοντες [fn]αὐτόν.
(Autos de eipe, Menounge makarioi hoi akouontes ton logon tou Theou kai fulassontes auton. )

11:28 μενουνγε ¦ μεν ουν CT

11:28 αυτον ¦ — CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 11:27–28: Jesus taught about how to be truly happy

A woman in the crowd was very impressed with the way Jesus had answered his critics in the previous section. So she pronounced a blessing on Jesus’ mother. By doing this, the woman was praising Jesus himself. Jesus replied that the people who were truly happy/blessed were those who listened to the word of God and obeyed it.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

People Who Are Truly Happy (NCV)

True Happiness (GNT)

This story occurs only in Luke.

11:28

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

But Jesus replied, “God blesses even more those who listen to his word and obey/follow it!”
Jesus answered her, “That is true, but the people who hear and obey the message from God are even more fortunate/privileged!”

But: This verse begins in Greek with a conjunction that connects the woman’s statement in 11:27b with Jesus’ contrasting statement in 11:28. Some English versions (GW, NIV, NLT) do not translate this conjunction, but most versions do translate it as “but” in order to show the contrast. For example:

But Jesus answered (GNT)

Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it: The basic meaning of Jesus’ answer is that there is a greater blessing than being the mother of the Messiah. That greater blessing comes from listening to God’s message and obeying it. Another way to translate this is:

But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice. (NLT)

Some other ways to translate this are:

That’s true, but the people who are really blessed are the ones who hear and obey God’s message! (CEV)

Yes, but if you listen to God’s message and obey it, you are even more fortunate/privileged!

Blessed: See the note on Blessed at 11:27b and see bless, Meaning 3, in the Glossary.

rather: The Greek word that the BSB translates as rather introduces a correction of what the woman had said. Jesus did not say that what the woman said was false, but he stated that there was something even more important.

In some languages, there are different ways of respectfully correcting or partially disagreeing with what another person has said. Notice that some English versions introduce Jesus’ answer with an affirmative, others with a negative. For example:

That’s true, but… (CEV)

No, happy are those who… (REB)

Consider how you would respectfully correct another person’s statement in your language.

the word of God: Here the word of God may refer to both the words/message that God communicated through Jesus and to the written Scriptures. Another way to translate this is:

God’s message (CEV)

Try to translate this phrase in a way that will allow both meanings.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

μενοῦν, μακάριοι

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: αὐτός Δέ εἶπεν Μενοῦν μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ καί φυλάσσοντες)

Jesus is not saying that his mother is not blessed. He is saying that the people he is about to describe are even more blessed. Alternate translation: [It is even better for]

οἱ ἀκούοντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ φυλάσσοντες

the_‹ones› hearing (Some words not found in SR-GNT: αὐτός Δέ εἶπεν Μενοῦν μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ καί φυλάσσοντες)

Alternate translation: [those who listen carefully to the message God has spoken and obey it]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: αὐτός Δέ εἶπεν Μενοῦν μακάριοι οἱ ἀκούοντες τόν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ καί φυλάσσοντες)

Jesus uses the term word to describe the message that has come from God in the form of words. Alternate translation: [the message God has spoken]

Parallel LUKE 11:28

Section 11:27–28: Jesus taught about how to be truly happy

11:28