In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth to life, and few there are that find it.

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

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

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they withered.

He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

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

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

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

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

Then Jesus called his disciples to 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.

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

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

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

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

Then his lord, having called him, said to him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

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

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

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? is thy eye evil because I am good?

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

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

And because iniquity will abound, the love of many will become cold.

Then saith Jesus to them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

Peter answered and said to him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

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

And he healed many that were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And he spoke to his disciples, that a small boat should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth.

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

But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

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

And Jesus, when he came out, saw many people, and was moved with compassion towards them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all kinds of food.

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

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

And when Jesus knew it, he saith to them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?

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

For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people were astonished at his doctrine.

And Jesus answering, said to them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

And Jesus saith to them, All ye will be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

And now, when the evening was come, (because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath)

Afterward he appeared to the eleven, as they sat at table, and upbraided them with their unbelief, and hardness of heart, because they believed not them who had seen him after he was risen.

And they had no child, because Elisabeth was barren, and they both were far advanced in years.

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 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 lineage of David)

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

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 broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I say to 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.

If Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons through Beelzebub.

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to deposit my fruits?

And Jesus answering, said to them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, and said to the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath.

And he said to him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him in health.

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Doth he thank that servant, because he did the things that were commanded him? I suppose not.

Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the crowd, because he was little of stature.

And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear.

And he said to him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and reapest what thou didst not sow.

And if any man shall ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee: and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another: because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he had been for a long time, desirous to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.

Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, dost thou believe? thou shalt see greater things than these.

But Jesus did not commit himself to them, because he knew all men.

He that believeth on him, is not condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

And John also was baptizing in Enon, near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

And many more believed, because of his own word;

And said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.

And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath.

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me.

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he performed on them that were diseased.

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were satisfied.

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.

Moses therefore gave to you circumcision, (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.

If a man on the sabbath receiveth circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have restored a man to sound health on the sabbath?

Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

(But this he spoke of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive, for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

So there was a division among the people because of him.

Then said the Jews, will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.