Jesus' teachings at the Sermon on the Mount include eight blessings that lead to true happiness. What are these blessings called?

• A. Parables
• B. Miracles
• C. Apostles
• D. Beatitudes

Answer: (D)

These eight blessings are known as the Beatitudes. They’re the sayings Jesus gives in the Sermon on the Mount that start with “Blessed are…,” describing the kinds of people who are happy in God’s eyes and the blessings they receive from living under God’s kingdom. The word beatitude comes from a Latin word meaning blessed, signaling a deep, lasting happiness rooted in spiritual truth, not in worldly comfort. The list highlights qualities like humility, sorrow for wrongdoing, meekness, hunger for righteousness, mercy, purity of heart, peacemaking, and endurance under persecution for doing what is right. The other terms refer to different parts of Jesus’s ministry—parables are teaching stories, miracles are acts of power, and apostles are his close followers—so they don’t name this specific set of blessings.