I was reading in Luke this morning and came across something that in all the Mary discussions I have participated in I have never heard this particular verse discussed. It may have been and I just missed it, but I found it interesting and wondered if it was in the Catholic Bible.
Luke 11:27-28 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and siad unto him. Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God and keep it.
In the notes in my bible, KJV, Yea can also be translated "More then that"
Does this verse say anything to you about how Mary should be view?
Becky
Why do you this this denigates Mary? He was saying, was he not, that the kingdom of God is a realm more important than the world we live in, and that spiritual relationships more important than carnal ones. That is why virginity was more highly valued among early Christians than marriage. Led me add this: in the middle east, among the semitic peoples such as the Arabs, family relationships are very close. A cousin is normally closer to an Arab than a brother is to Anglo-Americans. What Jesus is saying here that our spiritual relationship with our Christians brothers should come before our blood relationships. This statement was far more startling to his Jewish hearers than it is to us.