And blessed is she who has believed, for the word spoken to her from the Lord shall be fulfilled."

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel," he said, "Because He has not forgotten His people but has effected redemption for them,

he took Him up in his arms and blessed God and said,

Symeon blessed them and said to Mary the mother, "This child is appointed for the falling and the uprising of many in Israel and for a token to be spoken against;

Then fixing His eyes upon His disciples, Jesus said to them, "Blessed are you poor, because the Kingdom of God is yours.

"Blessed are you who hunger now, because your hunger shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who now weep aloud, because you shall laugh.

"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.

And blessed is every one who does not stumble and fall because of my claims."

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.

And He turned towards His disciples and said to them apart, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see!

As He thus spoke a woman in the crowd called out in a loud voice, "Blessed is the mother who carried you, and the breasts that you have sucked."

"Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."

Blessed are those servants, whom their Master when He comes shall find on the watch. I tell you in solemn truth, that He will tie an apron round Him, and will bid them recline at table while He comes and waits on them.

And whether it be in the second watch or in the third that He comes and finds them so, blessed are they.

Blessed is that servant whom his Master when He comes shall find so doing.

See, your house is left to you. But I tell you that you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

and you will be blessed, because they have no means of requiting you, but there will be requital for you at the Resurrection of the righteous."

After listening to this teaching, one of His fellow guests said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall feast in God's Kingdom."

"Blessed is the King," they cried, "who comes in the name of the Lord: in Heaven peace, and glory in the highest realms."

For a time is coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the women who never bore children, and the breasts which have never given nourishment.'

But as soon as He had sat down with them, and had taken the bread and had blessed and broken it, and was handing it to them,

And He brought them out to within view of Bethany, and then lifted up His hands and blessed them.