A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great lamentation: Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

But I say unto you, Do not swear at all; neither by the 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 shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

But when he saw the crowds he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and cast away as sheep not having a shepherd.

Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.

and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,

but when the sun rose they were burned up, and because of not having any root were dried up;

And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;

For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

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

And he did not there many works of power, 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.

And while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

But Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, Because we have taken no bread.

And Jesus knowing it, said, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no bread?

And he says to them, Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, Be transported hence there, and it shall transport itself; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!

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.

Then his lord, having called him to him, says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;

They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go also ye into the vineyard and whatsoever may be just ye shall receive.

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

And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.

and because lawlessness shall prevail, the love of the most shall grow cold;

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