But John tried to prevent him. "It is I," he said, "who need to be baptized by you; why then do you come to me?"

“This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe the lilies of the field, how they grow: they do not toil or spin,

And why do you see the speck [that is] in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam of wood in your [own] eye?

Or why sayest thou to thy brother, 'Suffer me to pluck out the mote out of thine eye'; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye.

Why, which of you, when asked by his son for a loaf, will hand him a stone?

And he said to them, "Why are you fearful, [you] of little faith?" Then he got up [and] rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm.

And knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?

Why, which is easier? --to say, 'Your sins are pardoned,' or to say 'Rise up and walk'?

And [when they] saw [it], the Pharisees began to say to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Then the disciples of John approached him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"

what did ye go to see? a man dress'd in rich apparel? why, they that are so array'd belong to the court:

But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and even more than a prophet!

If I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own followers drive them out? That is why they will be your judges!

Why, how can anyone enter the strong man's house and plunder his goods, unless he first of all binds the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.

This is why I tell you that men may find forgiveness for every other sin and impious word, but that for impious speaking against the Holy Spirit they shall find no forgiveness.

And the disciples came up [and] said to him, "{Why} do you speak to them in parables?"

"Why do you speak to them in parables?" Jesus answered. "To you it has been granted to understand the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it has not been granted.

This is why I am speaking to them in stories, because they look but do not see, they listen but do not really hear or understand.

Then he told them, "That is why every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom from heaven is like the master of a household who brings both new and old things out of his treasure chest."

and said to his attendants, "This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why the powers are at work through him."

And immediately Jesus extended his hand [and] caught him and said to him, "[You] of little faith! Why did you doubt?"

"Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat {a meal}."

So he answered [and] said to them, "Why do you also break the commandment of God because of your tradition?

And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, "[Why be concerned about yeast since] we did not bring [any] bread?"

But knowing [this], Jesus said, "Why are you discussing among yourselves that you did not take bread, [you] of little faith?

Why perceive ye not, then, that I spake not unto you of bread, when I said, 'Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?'"

Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?

And the disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

Then the disciples approached Jesus privately [and] said, {Why} were we not able to expel it?"

That is why the Realm of heaven may be compared to a king who resolved to settle accounts with his servants.

and said, "That is why a man will leave his father and mother and be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?

They said to him, "Why then did Moses command [us] to give a document--a certificate of divorce--and to divorce her?"

And he said to him, "Why are you asking me about [what is] good? There is one [who is] good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments!"

And about the eleventh [hour] he went out [and] found others standing [there] and said to them, 'Why are you standing here the whole day unemployed?'

and if any one asks you why, say that the Lord has need of them, and he will immediately send them.

From where was the baptism of John--from heaven or from men?" And they began to discuss [this] among themselves, saying, "If we say 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' But if we say, 'From men,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all regard John as a prophet."

"This, I tell you, is why the kingdom will be taken away from you, and given to a people who will pay a fair rent for it.

But Jesus saw their trick and said, Oh false ones, why are you attempting to put me in the wrong?

"Why do you put me to such a test, you hypocrites? Show me the poll-tax coin!" And they brought him a denarius.

why then does David call him Lord, if He be David's son?

[“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and make long prayers just for show. This is why you will receive a harsher punishment.]

"Blind fools! Why, which is greater? --the gold, or the Sanctuary which has made the gold holy?

"You are blind! Why, which is greater? --the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?

This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and hound from town to town.

This is why you also must be ready, because the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

"Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care.

Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?

Here's why: I was hungry, and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me nothing to drink.

And [when] the disciples saw [it] they were indignant, saying, "{Why} this waste?

"Why is this waste? This perfume could have been sold for a good sum, and the money given to the poor."

But Jesus, knowing [this], said to them, "Why do you cause trouble for the woman? For she has done a good deed for me.

And Jesus said to him, Friend, why are thou here. Then having come, they threw their hands on Jesus, and seized him.

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Look, now you’ve heard the blasphemy!

Peter, meanwhile, was sitting outside in the courtyard; and a maidservant came up to him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus the Galilean!"

But soon afterwards those who were standing by came up and said to Peter: "You also are certainly one of them; why, your very way of speaking proves it!"

And that is why that field is called the 'Field of Blood' to this very day.

And he said, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they began to shout even louder, saying, "Let him be crucified!"

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" (that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")