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cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
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Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled.”
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For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed.
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Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed, and he spoke blessing God.
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“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and brought redemption to his people.
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he took him into his arms and blessed God, saying:
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and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted
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And raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.
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Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh.
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Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
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bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
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And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me.”
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Then taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing over them, broke them, and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
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Turning to the disciples in private he said, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
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Then it goes and brings back seven other spirits more wicked than itself who move in and dwell there, and the last condition of that person is worse than the first.” True Blessedness.
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While he was speaking, a woman from the crowd called out and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that carried you and the breasts at which you nursed.”
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He replied, “Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” The Demand for a Sign.
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All the nations of the world seek for these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
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Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival. Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself, have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
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And should he come in the second or third watch and find them prepared in this way, blessed are those servants.
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Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.
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Behold, your house will be abandoned. [But] I tell you, you will not see me until [the time comes when] you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
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blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.” The Parable of the Great Feast.
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One of his fellow guests on hearing this said to him, “Blessed is the one who will dine in the kingdom of God.”
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They proclaimed: “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord. Peace in heaven and glory in the highest.”