True Blessedness

²⁷ While he was saying this, 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!”^(A)

⁴² and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.^(A)

²⁹ For the days are surely coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’

²⁸ And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”^[a](A)