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|But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
|But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
|But Jesus replied, "Amen, but blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it!"
|But Jesus replied, "Amen, but blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it!"
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|discrepancy with modern versions here, which treat Jesus's introductory phrase as more of a contradiction than an affirmance; but Greek "μέν" is an unmistakable affirmance of the woman's outburst
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|discrepancy with modern versions here, which treat Jesus's introductory phrase as more of a contradiction than an affirmance; but Greek "μέν" is an unmistakable affirmance of the woman's outburst. Translating this statement about Mary was once a rare point of contention between Catholics and Protestant; the [[NAB]] adopts the Protestant view ("rather") while the [[New Jerusalem Bible]] adheres to the more Catholic "[m]ore blessed still."