27 And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou didst suck. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. — ASV (Generally considered the most literal of major translations, to the point of being difficult to read.)
27And it came to pass, in his saying these things, a certain woman having lifted up the voice out of the multitude, said to him, `Happy the womb that carried thee, and the paps that thou didst suck!’ 28And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping [it]!’ — (Young’s Literal Translation)
27Now it occurred that as He was saying these things, a certain woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, Blessed (happy and to be envied) is the womb that bore You and the breasts that You sucked! 28But He said, Blessed (happy and to be envied) rather are those who hear the Word of God and obey and practice it! — Amplified (a translation that allows extra words to try to convey the full sense of the translated passage.)
27 While he was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.” 28 He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” — NAB (Catholic translation - http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke11.htm)
The NAB footnote says, “8 [27-28] The beatitude in Luke 11:28 should not be interpreted as a rebuke of the mother of Jesus; see the note on Luke 8:21. Rather, it emphasizes (like Luke 2:35) that attentiveness to God’s word is more important than biological relationship to Jesus.”
I agree with the footnote. Jesus is not condemning his mother, but emphasizing “that attentiveness to God’s word is more important than biological relationship to Jesus”.
Great.