14 Bible Verses about Why People Did Things
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Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and slew his brother: and for what reason did he slay him? because his own works were evil, and his brother s, righteous.
And for this reason did the Jews persecute Jesus, and seek to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath.
and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh?
For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and the two shall be one flesh.
He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.
Jesus answered them, and said: Verily, verily I say to you, You seek me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were satisfied.
I say to you, Although he will not arise and give him, because he is his friend, yet, on account of his importunity, he will arise and give him as many as he needs.
And the woman, seeing that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and fell down before him, and told him, before all the people, for what cause she had touched him, and that she was immediately restored to health.
And a great multitude followed him, because they had seen the signs which he did in the case of the sick.
But he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the purse, and took what was put in it.
For this reason, also, the multitude met him, be cause they had heard that he had done this sign.
And the Pharisees came to him to tempt him, and said to him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
