A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children. And she did not want to be comforted, because they are not.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted.

Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.

Blessed are the merciful, because they will obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart, because they will see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted because of righteousness, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you.

But I say to you, not to swear at all, neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God,

nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet, nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Neither shall thou swear by thy head, because thou cannot make one hair white or black.

so that ye may become sons of your Father in the heavens, because he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and makes rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

And when thou pray, thou shall not be as the hypocrites, because they love to pray having stood in the synagogues and in the corners of the thoroughfares, so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.

And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.

Because of this I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, nor yet for your body, what ye may wear. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the clothing?

Look to the birds of the sky, because they sow not, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not more valuable then they?

Enter ye in by the narrow gate, because wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter through it.

But when he saw the multitudes, he felt compassion for them, because they were troubled and dejected, as sheep having no shepherd.

and ye will be brought to governors and even kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life because of me will find it.

Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works occurred, because they did not repent.

Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works that occurred in you occurred in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And thou, Capernaum, which was exalted as far as the sky. Thou will be brought down as far as Hades, because if the mighty works had occurred in Sodom that occurred in thee, it would have remained until this day.

Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.

Yea, Father, because this way it was done pleasing in thy sight.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye will find rest for your souls.

And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they will be your judges.

Because of this I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men, but the blasphemy of the spirit will not be forgiven men.

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

The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

But others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much soil, and straightaway they sprang up because they had no depth of soil.

But when the sun was risen, they were scorched, and because they had no root they withered.

And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.

Because of this I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor do they understand.

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

yet he has no root in himself, instead it is temporary. And when tribulation or persecution develops because of the word, straightaway he is caused to stumble.

And he said to them, Because of this every scholar who has been instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a house-ruler, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.

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

and he said to his boys, This is John the immerser. He has risen from the dead, and because of this the powers work in him.

For Herod having arrested John, bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

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

And he became sad, but because of the oaths, and of those dining together, the king commanded it to be given.

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

And he will, no, not honor his father or mother. And ye have annulled the command of God because of your tradition.

But he answered her not a word. And his disciples having approached, they besought him, saying, Send her away, because she cries out behind us.

And Jesus having summoned his disciples, he said, I feel compassion toward the multitude because they continue with me now three days and do not have what they might eat. And I do not want to dismiss them without food, lest they mi

And having known it, Jesus said to them, O ye of little faith, why do ye deliberate among yourselves because ye brought no loaves?

And having answered, Jesus said to him, Blessed are thou, Simon Bar-jonah, because flesh and blood has not revealed it to thee, but my Father in the heavens.

But having turned around, he said to Peter, Go thee behind me, Satan. Thou are my stumbling-block, because thou regard not the things of God, but the things of men.

Lord, be merciful to my son, because he is lunatic, and suffers badly. For he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.

And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of a mustard plant, ye will say to this mountain, Remove from here to there, and it will depart, and nothing will be impossible t

Woe to the world because of stumbling-blocks. For it is necessary that the stumbling-blocks come, yet woe to that man through whom the stumbling-block comes.

Because of this the kingdom of the heavens is compared to a man, a king, who wanted to settle account with his bondmen.

Then his lord having summoned him, he says to him, Thou evil bondman, I forgave thee all that debt because thou besought me.

For there are eunuchs who were born this way from their mother's belly, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens. He who is able to

And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.

They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever would be right ye will receive.

Is it not permitted for me to do what I want with my own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Because of this I say to you, that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation producing the fruits of it.

And when they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they held him as a prophet.

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye close up the kingdom of the heavens ahead of men. For ye enter not in, nor do ye allow those who are entering to enter in.

But woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye devour widows' houses, and praying long in pretence. Because of this ye will receive greater condemnation.

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye encompass the sea and the land to make one proselyte, and when it happens, ye make him twice more a son of hell than yourselves.

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye tithe the mint and the anise and the cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law--justice and mercy and faith. These things must be done, and not neglecting t

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but inside they are full of plunder and unrighteousness.

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous,

Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scholars. And some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city,

Then they will deliver you up for tribulation, and will kill you, and ye will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

And because of the increased lawlessness, the love of the many will become cold.

And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would be saved. But because of the chosen those days will be shortened.

Watch therefore, because ye know not at what hour your Lord comes.

Because of this ye also be ready, because in that hour ye think not the Son of man comes.

And the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out.

Watch therefore, because ye know not the day nor the hour in which the son of man comes.

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

And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, There is nothing for thee and that righteous man. For I suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.