^45 (A)Blessed is she who ^[a]believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.”

²⁹ Jesus said to him, ^[a]“Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. ^(A)Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

⁴⁰ Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would ^(A)see the glory of God?”

Keeping the Word

²⁷ And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, ^(A)“Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”

²⁸ But He said, ^(B)“More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”

²⁰ But behold, ^(A)you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time.”

²⁰ So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: ^(A)Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.”