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Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. The World English Bible translates the passage as: "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. The Novum Testamentum Graece text reads:
"Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. 22 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.
A Catholic priest blesses the Boston Marathon Bombing Memorials on Boylston Street. In the Catholic Church, a blessing is a rite consisting of a ceremony and prayers performed in the name and with the authority of the Church by a duly qualified minister by which persons or things are sanctified as dedicated to divine service or by which certain marks of divine favour are invoked upon them.
Berakhot (Hebrew: בְּרָכוֹת, romanized: Brakhot, lit."Blessings") is the first tractate of Seder Zeraim ("Order of Seeds") of the Mishnah and of the Talmud.The tractate discusses the rules of prayers, particularly the Shema and the Amidah, and blessings for various circumstances.
Other than "blessed are the meek" in Matthew 5:5 this is perhaps the most famous of the Beatitudes. It was the personal motto of James I of England , and has been used by a number of other groups and organizations.
A curious child, ever reviled. By everyone except her own father. With a quite bewitching face. Splendidly selfish, charmingly helpless. Excellent fun til you get to know her. Then she runs like ...
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. [1] Μακάριοι οἱ πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι, ὅτι αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. beati pauperes spiritu quoniam ipsorum est regnum caelorum . For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 5:3.
The Greek word makarios cannot adequately be rendered as "blessed" nor "happy", as it is rather 'a term of congratulation and recommendation', [3] that can also mean "satisfied" (as in Psalm 1:1). [4] The word purity is not believed to refer to one who was ritually cleansed, but rather to internal spiritual purity as noted by the "in heart ...