"Blessed are those who feel poor in spiritual things, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

"Blessed are the mourners, for they will be comforted.

"Blessed are the lowly in mind, for they will possess the land.

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for being and doing right, for they will be completely satisfied.

"Blessed are those who show mercy, for they will have mercy shown them.

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called God's sons.

"Blessed are those who suffer persecution for being and doing right, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and keep on falsely telling all sorts of evil against you for my sake.

"But blessed are your eyes, for they are beginning to see, and your ears, for they are beginning to hear.

After ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them; then He broke the loaves in pieces and gave them to the disciples, and they gave them to the people.

Then Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for it is not man that made this known to you, but my Father in heaven.

And the crowds that went in front of Him and followed Him shouted: "Welcome the Son of David! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord; Welcome Him from on high!"

For I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

Blessed is that slave if, when his master comes back, he finds him so doing.

Then the King will say to those at His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, take possession of the kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.

While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf and blessed it; then He broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take this and eat it; this is my body."

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed the loaves and broke them in pieces and gave the pieces to the disciples to pass on to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all.

And they had a few small fish, and He blessed them and told them to pass these, too, to the people,

Then He took the little children into His arms, and as He laid His hands upon them one by one, He tenderly blessed them.

Then those in front and those behind Him shouted: "Welcome Him! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord;

Blessed be the coming reign of our father David! Welcome Him from on high!"

While they were eating, He took a loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and gave it to them, saying, "Take this; it is my body."

But He kept silent and made no answer at all. So the high priest again questioned Him in these words, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?"

and with a loud shout she said: "Blessed are you among women, And blessed is your child!

Blessed is she who has believed, for what is promised to her by the Lord will be fulfilled."

"Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for He has come and brought His people deliverance;

Symeon also took Him in his arms and blessed God, and said:

Then He fixed His eyes upon His disciples, and began to speak. "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours!

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be completely satisfied! Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you will laugh!

Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you, and spurn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Then He took the five loaves and two fish and looked up to heaven and blessed them, and He broke them in pieces and gave them to the disciples to pass on to the people.

Then He turned to His disciples when they were alone, and said, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you are seeing.

Just as He was saying this, a woman in the crowd lifted her voice and said, "Blessed is the mother who bore you and nursed you!"

But He said, "Yes, but better still, blessed are those who listen to God's message and practice it!"

Now your house is abandoned to its fate! And I tell you, you will never see me again until you say, 'Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord!'"

and said: "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and praise on high!"

And after He had taken His place at table with them, He took the loaf and blessed it and broke it in pieces and handed it to them.

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

took palm branches and went out to meet Him, and kept on shouting: "Blessings on Him! Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord; Blessings on the King of Israel!"

Jesus said to him, "Is it because you have seen me, Thomas, that you believe? Blessed be those who believe, even though they have not seen me!"

And you are the descendants of the prophets and the heirs of the sacred compact which God made with your forefathers, when He said to Abraham: 'All the families of the earth are to be blessed through your posterity.'

for they had utterly transformed the reality of God into what was unreal, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

the patriarchs, and from them by natural descent the Christ has come, who is exalted over all, God blessed forever. Amen!

because you have in everything been richly blessed through union with Him, with perfect expression and fullness of knowledge.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father and the all-comforting God,

The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows that I am telling the truth.

Because the Scripture foresaw that God would bring the heathen into right standing with Himself on condition of faith, He beforehand proclaimed the good news to Abraham in the promise, "It is through you that all the heathen will be blessed."

So the men of faith are blessed as partners with trusting Abraham.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through Christ has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm.

as measured by the glorious good news of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

which will be brought about in His own time by the blessed, only Sovereign, the King of kings, the Lord of lords,

while we are waiting for the realization of our blessed hope at the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Christ Jesus,

Now beyond any contradiction, it is always the inferior that is blessed by the superior.

Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.

But the man who looks at the flawless law that makes men free, and keeps on looking, proving himself to be, not a forgetful hearer but an actual doer of what it requires, will be blessed in what he does.

But He gives a greater spiritual blessing. He says, "God opposes haughty people but blesses humble people."

See how we call those who thus endured happy! You have heard how patiently Job endured and have seen how the Lord finally blessed him, because the Lord is tenderhearted and merciful.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In accordance with His great mercy He has begotten us anew to an ever living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead;

Blessed be the man who reads them and the people who hear the messages of this prophecy read, and heed what is written in it, for the time is near.

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: 'Blessed are the dead who from this time die as Christians.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "let them rest from their toils, for the things they have done are going with them."

(See! I am coming like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes ready, so that he may not go naked and people see his shame.)

Then he said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are they who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.' These," he said to me, "are the true words of God."

Blessed and holy is the man who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death will have no power, but they will be priests of God and Christ, and reign with Him the thousand years.

See! I am coming soon! Blessed is he who practices the truths of prophecy contained in this book."

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so as to have a right to the tree of life and to enter the gates of the city.