To: presently no screen name
You get a grip. Those words include Mary. They do not exclude her. Is that what you are claiming?
To: mas cerveza por favor
It is not saying Mary wasn't blessed - Jesus was saying ALL those that hear and obey ARE blessed. No special kudos to Mary! So you can take her off the pedestal. NO MAN/WOMAN is on a pedestal in God's Kingdom! His Ways are not your ways - so lean not unto your own understanding on the things of God.
In Luke 7:28, Jesus declared John the Baptist to be the greatest man to have ever lived: "I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John ..."
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