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

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

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

Blessed are they that mourn: because they shall be comforted.

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: because they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart: because they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: because they shall be called the sons of God.

Rejoice, and he exceedingly glad: because your reward is great in the heavens: for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God;

nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of His feet; neither by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Neither swear by thy head, because thou art unable to make one hair white or black.

in order that you may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because He raises up His sun on the wicked and on the good, and rains on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

For if you love those that love you, what reward have ye? because the publicans also do the same.

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

Enter ye in through the narrow gate: because wide is the gate and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are, who are going in through it.

Because narrow is the gate, and contracted the way, that leadeth into life, and few there are who find it.

And the men were astonished, saying, What sort of a man is this, because winds and the sea obey him?

And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd.

Then He began to upbraid the cities in which the most mighty works of His were performed, because they did not repent.

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! because if the mighty works which were wrought in you had been in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And thou, Capernaum, art thou not exalted up to heaven? thou shall be cast down to Hades: because if the mighty works which were wrought in thee had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

At that time Jesus responding said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and reveal them unto babes.

Yea, Father, because it was so well pleasing in thy sight.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; because I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.

The men of Nineveh will rise in judgment with this generation, and 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 in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: because she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

And others fell among stones, where they had not much earth: and sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of earth:

and the sun having risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

He responding said to them, Because it has been given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it has not been given.

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

Because the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard heavily with their ears, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I shall heal them.

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

And wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they esteemed him as a prophet.

And responding He said to them; Wherefore do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

And He responded to her not a word; and His disciples, having come to Him, asked Him, saying, Send her away; because she cries after us.

And Jesus calling His disciples to Him, said, I sympathize with the multitude, because already three days abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat; I do not wish to send them away fasting, lest they may faint on the road.

And He responding said to them, It being evening, you say, It will be fair weather: because the sky is red:

And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, That it is because we did not take bread.

And Jesus knowing said to them, Why do you reason among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because you did not take bread?

And Jesus responding said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon the son of Jonah: because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

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

And turning He said to Peter, Get behind me, adversary: thou art my stumbling-block; because thou art not thinking about the things of God, but those of men.

and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is a lunatic and suffers terribly: for frequently he falls into the fire, and frequently into the water.

They say to him, Because no one hired us. He says to them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

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

Be not called teachers: because One is your teacher, Christ.

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens against the people: for you do not go in, neither do you permit those coming in to enter.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when it may be done, you make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and pass by the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: it behooves to do these and not to neglect those.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you purify the exterior of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of extortion and impurity.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you are like whitened sepulchers, which are beautiful indeed externally, but within they are full of the hones of the dead people, and every impurity.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets, and ornament the sepulchers of the righteous,

And because iniquity doth abound, the divine love of many will grow cold.

Watch therefore: because you do not know on what day your Lord cometh.

Therefore be ye also ready: because the Son of man cometh in an hour at which you do not think.

Watch therefore, because you know neither the day nor the hour.

And Jesus knowing, said to them, Why do you give the woman trouble? because she hath wrought a beautiful work in me.

How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, because it is necessary thus to be done?

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