And she cried out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”

“For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave;
For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed.

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people,

then he took Him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, “Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed—

And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, He blessed them, and broke them, and kept giving them to the disciples to set before the people.

Turning to the disciples, He said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see,

While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.”

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them.

Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves.

Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.

Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

shouting:
“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord;
Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”

For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them.

And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.