But he said (αυτος δε ειπεν). Jesus in contrast turns attention to others and gives them a beatitude (μακαριο). "The originality o…

Blessed are they that hear the word of God.—The term thus used clearly designates here the message of the Kingdom spoken …

The enthusiastic woman was so carried away with admiration for Christ that she thought his mother was a highly-favored woman, and she called her "b…

The Venerable Bede: While the Scribes and Pharisees were tempting our Lord and uttering blasphemies against Him, a certain woma…

This saying provides another instance of Luke’s identification of Jesus’ sayings as the “word of God.” It must not be taken as reflecting unfavorab…

But he said Christ said "to the woman", Persic version reads, as correcting her, though not denying it, nor reproving her…

While the scribes and Pharisees despised and blasphemed the discourses of our Lord Jesus, this good woman admired them, and the wisdom and power wi…