Meanwhile the people were waiting for Zachariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the sanctuary.

And why [is] this [granted] to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Why, as soon as the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the babe leapt for joy within my womb.

And when they saw him they were surprised, and his mother said to him, Son, why have you done this to us? see, your father and I have been looking for you with sorrow.

And he said to them, Why were you looking for me? was it not clear to you that my right place was in my Father's house?

But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.

But Jesus, who had knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts?

And their scribes and pharisees murmured at his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

And they said unto Him, Why do the disciples of John frequently fast and pray, and likewise those of the pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

And some of the pharisees said to them, Why do ye do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath-days?

If you love only those who love you, what thanks will be due to you? Why, even the outcast love those who love them!

If you help only those who help you, what merit is that to you? Why, even sinful men do that.

But why dost thou look at the chaff in thy brother's eye, and takest no notice of the beam that is in thine own?

But why do ye call me, Lord, Lord, and do not practise what I teach you?

That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.

"What did you go out into the Wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.

"This is why I tell you that her sins, many as they are, are forgiven, for her love is great; but he who is forgiven little, loves but little.

And He said to them, “Where is your faith [your confidence in Me]?” They were afraid and astonished, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the sea, and they obey Him?”

"Who was it that touched me?" Jesus asked; and, while everyone was denying having done so, Peter exclaimed: "Why, Sir, the people are crowding round you and pressing upon you!"

So when the woman saw she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him she told before all the people why she had touched him and how she had been instantly cured.

Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to have lost or forfeited his own self.

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

That is why the Wisdom of God said--"I will send to them Prophets and Apostles,

Why, even all the hairs on your head have been counted! Stop being afraid. You are worth more than a bunch of sparrows."

And Jesus said to his disciples: "That is why I say to you, Do not be anxious about the life here--what you can get to eat; nor yet about your body--what you can get to wear.

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

Ye hypocrites, ye know how to discern the face of the earth and of the heavens, and why do ye not discern the present time?

Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

And they all gave reasons why they were not able to come. The first said to him, I have got a new field, and it is necessary for me to go and see it: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.

Another said, 'I have married a wife; that is why I cannot come.'

Why, which of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?--

And calling him, he said to him, Why hear I this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.

and eager to satisfy his hunger with what was thrown away from the rich man's table. Why, the very dogs came and licked his sores.

And Jesus said to him, Why do you say that I am good? No one is good, but only God.

Why, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

Why then did you not put my money in a bank, so that when I came I would get it back with interest?

And if anyone says to you, Why are you taking him? say, The Lord has need of him.

And when they were getting the young ass, the owners of it said to them, Why are you taking the young ass?

And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

Then he, aware of their crafty design, said unto them, Why tempt ye me?

And he said to them, Why do they say that the Christ is the son of David?

Why, David himself says in the book of psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, 'Sit at my right hand,

then rising from prayer, he came to his disciples, and finding them asleep, oppress'd with grief, why do you sleep?

Then He said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and keep praying that you may not be subjected to temptation."

Presently a maidservant saw him sitting near the blaze of the fire. Fixing her eyes on him, she said: "Why, this man was one of his companions!"

A little while afterwards some one else--a man--saw him and said: "Why, you are one of them!" "No," Peter said, "I am not."

But an hour afterwards another man kept insisting, saying. "Really, this fellow was with him. Why, he is a Galilean."

And they said, "Why do we have need [of] further testimony? For [we] ourselves have heard [it] from his mouth!"

But they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify him. He said to them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done?

Then a third time he spoke to them, "Why, what wrong has He done? I have found nothing in Him deserving the death penalty. So I will flog Him and let Him go."

and when they were exceedingly terrified, and inclined their face to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

And He said unto them, What subjects are these, which ye are discoursing of to one another as ye walk, and why are ye sorrowful?

"What things do you mean?" asked Jesus. "Why, about Jesus of Nazareth," they answered, "who, in the eyes of God and all the people, was a Prophet, whose power was felt in both his words and actions;

But we were hoping that he was to be the deliverer of Israel. Why, besides all this, it is three days since it happened.

And he said to them, Why are ye under such agitation of mind? and why do reasonings arise in your hearts?