[presently no screen name]

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 ..."

[mas cerveza por favor]

Again, you quote way out of context. The verse actually says "there is not a greater prophet that John the Baptist. But he that is the lesser in the kingdom of God, is greater than he."

Do you believe John the Baptist was greater than Jesus? If the verse does not diminish Jesus, why should it diminish Mary?