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Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
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Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
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bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
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Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”
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Then he turned to his disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
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As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”
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He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
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Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
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and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
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The Parable of the Great Banquet
When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
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“Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
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For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’
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The Ascension of Jesus
When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them.
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While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.
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They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Blessed is the king of Israel!”
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Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
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Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
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And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples on earth will be blessed.’
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When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
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God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said, “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
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After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers with the blessing of peace to return to those who had sent them.
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In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”
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David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
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“Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
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Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”
