Luke 11:27 — Community Reflections

LUKE 11:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.”

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God — the value argument moves from the lesser (sparrows sold in pairs and thrown in as a fifth for free) to the greater (human beings worth incomparably more than sparrows). Even the hairs of your head are numbered: divine knowledge extends to the most intimate details of creaturely existence, and the disciples who know this should fear no human adversary.

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Amara OseiNote1mo ago

Blessed Is the Womb That Bore You

As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, 'Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.' Jesus replied, 'Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey...