"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; and she would not be comforted, because they are no more."

he said, "Make room, because the girl is not dead, but sleeping." They were ridiculing him.

But when he saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. He who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

And whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink because he is a disciple, truly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."

Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent.

And others fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of earth.

But when the sun had risen, they were scorched. Because they had no root, they withered away.

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, neither do they understand.

yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.

And he did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd because they regarded him as a prophet.

And he answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?

he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the word of God void because of your tradition.

Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."

So he said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."

"Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks. For there will always be something to cause people to stumble, but woe to the person through whom the stumbling block comes.

But because he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant. I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.

He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

"They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' "He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'

Is not it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?'

When they sought to seize him, they feared the crowds, because they considered him to be a prophet.

All which they will say unto you, observe and do; but their works do not do, because they say, and do not do.

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites. Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you do not enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter."

And because lawlessness is multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

However, knowing this, Jesus said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.

Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."

For he knew that because of envy they had delivered him up.

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."

And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And he said to them, "Let us go somewhere else into the next towns, that I may proclaim there also, because I came out for this reason."

And he told his disciples that a small boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they would not press on him.

because they said, "He has an unclean spirit."

And others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

And when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

And they have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest has come."

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. No one had the strength to tame him.

And He marveled because of their unbelief. And he went around the villages teaching.

And he came out, saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, cleansing all the foods?"

"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

He, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Do you not perceive yet, neither understand? Are your hearts hardened?

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he does not follow us."

For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to the Messiah, truly I tell you, he will in no way lose his reward.

The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him. For they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

Jesus said to them, "Is not this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

For they said, "Not during the feast, because there might be a riot of the people."

When evening had now come, because it was the Preparation Day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

Afterward he was revealed to the Eleven themselves as they sat at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen.

But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they both were well advanced in years.

But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

And look, you will be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things will happen, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."

because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,

Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

She brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped him in bands of cloth, and placed him in a feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Son of God." Rebuking them, he did not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Messiah.

Not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Jesus.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. When a flood arose, the stream broke against that house, and could not shake it, because it had been well built.

Other seed fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us."

They did not receive him, because he was traveling with his face set towards Jerusalem.

I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.

He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I do not have room to store my crops?'

Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things?

The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day."

and you will be blessed, because they do not have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous."

He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'

Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded?

yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her justice, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"

He was trying to see who Jesus was, and could not because of the crowd, because he was short.

Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.

"He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant. Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'

for I feared you, because you are an exacting man. You take up that which you did not lay down, and reap that which you did not sow.'

and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you did not know the time of your visitation."

But when these things begin to happen, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is near."

When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief,

They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He said to them, "You say it, because I am."

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had wanted to see him for a long time, because he had heard concerning him. He hoped to see some miracle done by him.

This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.'

Jesus answered him, "Because I told you, 'I saw you underneath the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these."

But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew everyone,

and because he did not need anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

He who believes in him is not judged. He who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine is now complete.

From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, "He told me everything that I did."

Many more believed because of his word.

They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Savior of the world."

For this cause the Jewish leaders persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the Sabbath.

For this cause therefore the Jewish leaders sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the One who sent me.

You do not have his word living in you; because you do not believe him whom he sent.

You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.