But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field.

And he said to them, 'Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'

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

and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him.

For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

because John had been saying to him, "It is not permitted for you to have her."

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given;

But the boat was already many stadia distant from the land, being beaten by the waves, because the wind was against [it].

And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Because God said, "You are to honor your father and your mother,' and, "Whoever curses father or mother must certainly be put to death.'

he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

Their worship of me is empty, because they teach human rules as doctrines.'"

And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying -- 'Let her away, because she crieth after us;'

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

So he answered [and] said to them, "[When] evening comes you say, '[It will be] fair weather because the sky is red,'

and early in the morning, 'Today [it will be] stormy weather, because the sky is red [and] darkening.' You know how to evaluate correctly the appearance of the sky, but you are not able [to evaluate] the signs of the times.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

And Jesus answering said to him, 'Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he would have to go to Jerusalem and suffer a great deal because of the elders, the high priests, and the scribes. Then he would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised.

And Peter taking Him to him, began to rebuke Him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord; because this shall not be unto thee.

But he turned around [and] said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a cause for stumbling to me, because you are not intent on the things of God, but the things of people!"

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

because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

and saying, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers severely, for often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

And the person who welcomes one little child like this, in my name [i.e., because he belongs to me], welcomes me [also].

Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

If your hand or your foot becomes the occasion for you falling away [from God], cut them off and throw them away. It would be better for you to enter [never ending] life disabled or crippled, rather than keeping both hands and both feet and being thrown into the never ending fire [i.e., because they caused you to fall away from God].

And if your eye becomes the occasion for you falling away [from God], gouge it out and throw it away, for it would be better for you to enter [never ending] life with [only] one eye, rather than keeping both eyes and being thrown into a fiery hell [i.e., because one of them caused you to fall away from God].

“See that you don’t look down on one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of My Father in heaven.

And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray.

because where two or three have come together in my name, I am there among them."

'Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,

But because he could not repay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and his children and everything that he possessed, and payment to be made.

So the master of that slave, [because he] had compassion, released him and forgave him the loan.

Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

And [because he] was angry, his master handed him over to the merciless jailers until he would repay everything that was owed.

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

And I tell you, whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits sexual unfaithfulness [toward her], unless the reason for the divorce was sexual unfaithfulness [on his wife's part]. And the person who marries a woman who has been divorced commits sexual sin with her [i.e., because she is still rightfully married to her first husband]."

for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive it -- let him receive.'

Then Jesus said, “Leave the children alone, and don’t try to keep them from coming to Me, because the kingdom of heaven is made up of people like this.”

But [when] the young man heard the statement, he went away sorrowful, because he was one who had many possessions.

And everyone who has left houses, brothers or sisters, father or mother, children, or fields because of My name will receive 100 times more and will inherit eternal life.

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

"In the same way, the last will be first, and the first will be last, because many are called, but few are chosen."

And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

But because the high priests and scribes saw the wonders that He did and the children shouting in the temple, "Welcome the Son of David," they were indignant

But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, because they all look upon John as a prophet."

'Because of this I say to you, that the reign of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruit;

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

because many are invited, but few are chosen."

And they sent their disciples to him with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and {you do not care what anyone thinks}, {because you do not regard the opinion of people}.

But [because he] knew their maliciousness, Jesus said, "Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first died [after] getting married, and [because he] did not have descendants, he left his wife to his brother.

When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

But Jesus replied to them, “You are all wrong because you know neither the Scriptures [which teach the resurrection] nor the power of God [for He is able to raise the dead].

because in the resurrection, people neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven.

Therefore do whatever they tell you, and observe it. But don’t do what they do, because they don’t practice what they teach.

But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' because one is your teacher, and you are all brothers,

Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have one Father, who is in heaven.

And do not be called teachers, because one is your teacher, the Christ.

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.

Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen -- ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

'Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;

because many will come in my name and say, "I'm the Messiah,' and they will deceive many people.

You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

because nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;

and because iniquity shall abound,

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would have been saved; but because of the chosen, shall those days be shortened.

because false messiahs and false prophets will appear and display great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

because just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be when the Son of Man comes.

Because as in those days before the overflowing of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark,

'Watch ye therefore, because ye have not known in what hour your Lord doth come;

because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

But if, because he is a bad slave, he should say to himself, 'My Master is a long time in coming,'

because when the foolish ones took their lamps, they didn't take any oil with them.

Now because the bridegroom tarried, they all fell to nodding and went on sleeping.

and the foolish said to the prudent, Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out;

Therefore be on the alert, because you do not know the day or the hour!

And the one who had received the one talent came up also [and] said, 'Master, [because I] knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering from where you did not scatter [seed].

And [because I] was afraid, I went away [and] hid your talent in the ground. See, you have [what is] yours!'

because to everyone who has something, more will be given, and he'll have more than enough. But from the person who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away from him.

because I was hungry, and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.

And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

But they reasoned, "We will not do it during the Festival because it might start a riot among the people."