28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
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Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: …
And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. …
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-28)We had not this passage in the other evangelists, nor can we tack it, as Dr. Hammond does, to that of Christ’s mother and brethren desiring to speak with him (for this evangelist also has related that in Luke 8:19), but it contains an interruption much like that, and, like that, occasion is taken from it for instruction. 1. The applause which an affectionate, honest, well-meaning woman gave to our…
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