"Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

"And blessed is the man who finds no cause of stumbling in me."

"But whoever shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung about his neck, and he were drowned in the depths of the sea.

Presently some of the Pharisees came up to him, and made test of him by asking, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for every cause?"

"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?

"And I tell you that any man who divorces his wife for any cause except her unfaithfulness, and marries another woman, commits adultery."

"For this cause, behold! I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and pursue from city to city;