True Blessedness
27 While Jesus was saying these things , one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, " Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed ." 28 But He said , "On the contrary e , blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 11:27-28
Commentary on Luke 11:27-28
(Read Luke 11:27-28)
While the scribes and Pharisees despised and blasphemed the discourses of our Lord Jesus, this good woman admired them, and the wisdom and power with which he spake. Christ led the woman to a higher consideration. Though it is a great privilege to hear the word of God, yet those only are truly blessed, that is, blessed of the Lord, that hear it, keep it in memory, and keep to it as their way and rule.