it seemed best to me also--[because I] have followed all [things] carefully from the beginning--to write [them] down in orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus,

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

There was a whole crowd of people praying outside because it was the time for burning the incense offering.

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

because he will be great in the Lord's presence. He will never drink wine or any strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born.

And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

And the people were waiting for Zacharias and were surprised because he was in the Temple for such a long time.

When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They realized that he had seen a vision in the holy place, because he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak.

“This is how the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor on me, to take away my disgrace among men.”

Then the angel told her, "Stop being afraid, Mary, because you have found favor with God.

And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled!”

Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,

because the Mighty [One] has done great [things] for me, and holy [is] his name.

He has done a mighty deed with His arm;
He has scattered the proud
because of the thoughts of their hearts;

Everyone who heard about it kept thinking what had happened and asked, "What will this child become?" because it was obvious that the hand of the Lord was with him.

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,

To show mercy [as He promised] to our fathers,
And to remember His holy covenant [the promised blessing],

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, because you will go ahead of the Lord to prepare his way

Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

(because he was of the family and houshold of David) To be inrolled with Mary, his espoused wife, being great with child.

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David,

because mine eyes did see Thy salvation,

Then Simeon [asked God to] bless them and said to Jesus' mother Mary, "Look, many Israelites will be caused to fall [i.e., into spiritual ruin] or rise [i.e., to spiritual renewal] because of Him. And [He will be] a 'sign' [for people] to speak against,

but (because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day's journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances.

Now all who heard him were beside themselves, because of his understanding and his answers.

Produce fruit that is consistent with repentance! Don't begin to say to yourselves, "We have father Abraham!' because I tell you that God can raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones!

But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,

and the Devil said to him, 'To thee I will give all this authority, and their glory, because to me it hath been delivered, and to whomsoever I will, I do give it;

because it is written, "God will put his angels in charge of you to watch over you carefully.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

and they were astonished at his teaching, because his word was with authority.

Overwhelmed with amazement, they all kept saying to one another, "What kind of statement is this? because with authority and power he gives orders to unclean spirits, and they come out!"

And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

and he said unto them -- 'Also to the other cities it behoveth me to proclaim good news of the reign of God, because for this I have been sent;'

And Simon Peter having seen, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, 'Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, O lord;'

because Simon and all the people who were with him were amazed at the number of fish they had caught,

And it happened while Jesus was in one of the towns [i.e., surrounding Lake Galilee], that a man covered with an infectious skin disease appeared and, when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face [to the ground] and begged Him, saying, "If you want to, you can heal me." [Note: Throughout this narrative the terms "heal/healing" are originally "clean/cleansing" because the Jews viewed a person with such a disease as ceremonially "unclean." See Lev. 13:1-3].

And behold there came men carrying a paralytic on a bed; and they tried to bring him and lay him before Jesus, but they could not because of the crowd.

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

Because Jesus knew that they were arguing, he asked them, "Why are you arguing about this among yourselves?

And no one [after] drinking old [wine] wants new, because he says, 'The old is [just] fine!'"

and all the multitude were seeking to touch him, because power from him was going forth, and he was healing all.

And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: 'Happy the poor -- because yours is the reign of God.

Happy those hungering now -- because ye shall be filled. 'Happy those weeping now -- because ye shall laugh.

You are blessed when people hate you,
when they exclude you, insult you,
and slander your name as evil
because of the Son of Man.

“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! Take note—your reward is great in heaven, for this is the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.

But woe to you -- the rich, because ye have got your comfort.

Woe to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. 'Woe to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.

Woe to you
when all people speak well of you,
for this is the way their ancestors
used to treat the false prophets.

'But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

Give, and it will be given to you. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your lap, because you'll be evaluated by the same standard with which you evaluate others."

because every tree is known by its own fruit. People don't gather figs from thorny plants or pick grapes from a thorn bush.

A good person produces good from the good treasure of his heart, and an evil person produces evil from an evil treasure, because the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart."

he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.

because he loves our nation and he himself built the synagogue for us."

So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to tell Jesus, "Sir, stop troubling yourself, because I'm not worthy to have you come under my roof.

because I, too, am a man under authority and have soldiers under me. I say to one "Go' and he goes, to another "Come' and he comes, and to my servant "Do this' and he does it."

And anyone who is not offended because of Me is blessed.”

(And all the people, [when they] heard [this]--even the tax collectors--affirmed the righteousness of God, [because they] had been baptized [with] the baptism of John,

but the Pharisees and the legal experts rejected the purpose of God for themselves, [because they] had not been baptized by him.)

Because John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, yet you say, "He has a demon!'

And the Pharisee, having invited Him, seeing, spoke within himself, saying, If He were a prophet, He would know who and what kind the woman is, who touches Him, because she is a sinner.

therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.'

And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

So pay attention to how you listen, because to the one who has something, more will be given. However, from the one who doesn't have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him."

And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not get to him because of the crowd.

And He said to them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid were astonished, saying to one another, Who then is this, because He commands the winds and the water, and they obey Him?

because Jesus was in the process of ordering the unclean spirit to come out of the man. On many occasions the unclean spirit had seized the man, and though he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, he would break the chains and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.

He answered, "Legion," because many demons had gone into him. Then the demons began begging Jesus not to order them to go into the bottomless pit.

And the whole multitude of the region of the Gadarenes round about asked him to go away from them, because with great fear they were pressed, and he having entered into the boat, did turn back.

Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him.

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as he went the crowds thronged him.

But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, because I know power has gone out from me."

And they began laughing at him, [because they] knew that she was dead.

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

because it was said by some, That John was risen from the dead; and by some that Elijah had appeared; by others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.

And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, said to him, 'Let away the multitude, that having gone to the villages and the fields round about, they may lodge and may find provision, because here we are in a desert place.'

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will save it.

For whoever is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and the glory of the [heavenly] Father and of the holy angels.

and lo, a man from the multitude cried out, saying, 'Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only begotten;

But Jesus, [because he] knew the thoughts of their hearts, took hold of a child and had him stand beside him

Then he told them, "Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, because the one who is least among all of you is the one who is greatest."

And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.

But Jesus said to him, "Do not prevent [him], because whoever is not against you is for you."

And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.

Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they provide, because the worker deserves his pay. Don't move from house to house.

Alas for thee, Chorazin! Alas for thee, Bethsaida! Because, if, in Tyre and Zidon, had been done the works of power which have been down in you, of old, in sackcloth and ashes sitting, they would have repented.

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

In that hour was Jesus glad in the Spirit, and said, 'I do confess to thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that Thou didst hide these things from wise men and understanding, and didst reveal them to babes; yes, Father, because so it became good pleasure before Thee.

Because I tell you, many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see but didn't see them, and to hear the things you hear but didn't hear them."

because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I do not have anything to set before him.'

I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

because he is his friend, yet, because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.

because everyone who keeps asking will receive, and the person who keeps searching will find, and the person who keeps knocking will have the door opened.

But some of them said, “He drives out demons by [the power of] Beelzebul (Satan), the ruler of the demons.”