Luke 11:28
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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Study Note
When an anonymous woman blesses the womb that bore Jesus, he redirects her admiration from biological kinship to covenantal obedience: 'blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.' This is not a diminishment of Mary but an elevation of the community of the word above every form of natural privilege — an implicit democratisation of blessing. Luke has carefully prepared for this by presenting Mary as the exemplary hearer in the Annunciation ('be it unto me according to thy word,' 1:38), so the beatitude validates rather than corrects her response. The principle resonates with James 1:22-25's contrast between hearers and doers and with John 15:14 ('ye are my friends if ye do whatsoever I command you').
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