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

And when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion towards them; because they were dispersed and scattered like sheep that have no shepherd:

Then began He to upbraid the cities, in which most of his miracles were wrought; because they did not repent.

some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth; and they soon sprung up indeed, because they had no depth of earth;

but when the sun rose, they were burnt up, and withered; because they had no root:

And He answered them, saying, Because it is granted unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not granted:

for this reason I speak to them in parables; because though they see, they will not see; and though they hear, they will not hear, nor understand.

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

at which the king was distressed, but because of his oath, and of those who sat at table with him, he ordered it to be given her;

they said one to another, It is because we have taken no bread.

And Jesus knowing their thoughts said to them, O ye of little faith, why do ye argue among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?

And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I tell you, if ye had but faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this mountain, Remove from hence thither, and it shall remove: and nothing would be impossible to you.

He answered them, Moses because of your hardheartedness, permitted you to put away your wives; but it was not so from the beginning:

They say unto him, because no one hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever is reasonable ye shall receive.

Is thine eye evil because I am good? Thus the last shall be first, and the first last; for there are many called, but few chosen.

and would have seized Him, but that they were afraid of the people; because they took Him for a prophet.

and because iniquity shall abound,

But the chief priests took up the pieces of silver, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury of the temple, because it is the price of blood: