And she exclaimed with a loud voice, "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 was spoken to her from the Lord."

for he has regarded the lowly state of his servant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.

"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people,

he took him up in his arms and blessed God, and said:

Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that will be spoken against

He lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: "Blessed are you 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 when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

And blessed is he who is not offended because of me."

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the people.

Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see.

As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that nursed you!"

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and will come and serve them.

If he comes in the second watch, or in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants.

Blessed is that servant whom his master will find so doing when he comes.

Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. You will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

When one of those who sat at table with him heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

saying, "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, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed!'

When he was at the table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them.

Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands and blessed them.

While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.