He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe because of him.

John testified about him and cried out, saying, "This one was [he about] whom I said, 'The one who comes after me is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'"

Because, out of his fulness, we all, received, even favour over against favour.

Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ.

He is to become my successor, because He has been put before me, and I am not fit to untie His shoestrings."

This one is [the one] about whom I said, 'After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.'

And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water."

Jesus answered him, because thou believest what I said, that I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou shalt see greater things than these.

And they had no wine, because the wine of the feast had failed. Then the mother of Jesus saith to him, There is no wine.

So the Jews answered and said to him, "What sign do you show to us, because you are doing these [things]?"

Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name [because they] saw his signs which he was doing.

but Jesus did not trust his person with them, because he knew them all.

and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.

He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

Be not astonished because I said to thee; It behooveth you to be born from above.

Because God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.

he that believeth on him, shall not be condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the only begotten son of God.

and this is the subject of their condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

but he that doth right, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, because they are agreeable to the will of God.

And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.

The one whom God sent speaks the words of God, because God does not give the Spirit in limited measure to him.

And Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, [because he] had become tired from the journey, simply sat down at the well. It was about the sixth hour.

The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

because you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not [really] your husband. So, you have told the truth."

You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews.

Now at that very moment his disciples came back. They were shocked because he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you want?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

Do you not say, That it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes and see the fields, because they are white unto the harvest

And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that ever I did.

And many more believed because of his word;

and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, [because they] had seen all [the things] he had done in Jerusalem at the feast (for they themselves had also come to the feast).

When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him repeatedly to come down and heal his son, because he was about to die.

because an angel would go down into the pool from time to time and stir up the water. Then the first one who got in after the water was stirred up recovered from whatever ailment he had].

So, the Jews said to the man who was healed, "It is not permissible for you to pick up your cot because it is the Sabbath day."

Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.

upon which occasion the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he did such things on the sabbath-day.

therefore the Jews were the more eager to kill him, because he had not only violated the sabbath, but likewise, because he had said that God was his proper father, making himself equal with God.

For the father loveth the son, and showeth him all things, whatsoever he himself doeth. And he will show him greater works than these, because ye should marvel.

because that all men should honour the son, even as they honour the father. He that honoureth not the son, the same honoureth not the father which hath sent him.

and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the son of man.

"Do not be astonished [at] this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice

Of my self I can do nothing: according to my instructions I judge: and my judgment is just; because I do not consult my own will, but the will of the father who hath sent me.

“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe.

Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

And a great multitude followed him, because they beheld the signs which he did on them that were sick.

(Now he said this to test him, because he knew what he was going to do.)

"Make the men sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so the men sat down, in numbers about five thousand. "of righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you will no longer see me;

Then Jesus, [because he] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make [him] king, withdrew again up the mountain [by] himself alone.

And the sea began to be stirred up [because] a strong wind was blowing.

The day following, the multitude who had stood on the other side of the sea, because they saw there was no other vessel there, save that one into which his disciples went, and that Jesus went not into the vessel with his disciples, but that his disciples were gone away alone:

Jesus answered them, I declare unto you, you seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye had loaves to eat, and were filled.

Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal of approval on Him.”

because I have come down from heaven not that I should do my will, but the will of the one who sent me.

The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.

because My flesh is real food and My blood is real drink.

As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.

But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

But there are some among you who don't believe..." - because Jesus knew from the beginning those who weren't believing, as well as the one who would betray him.

And he said, "Because of this I said to you that no one can come to me unless it has been granted to him by the Father."

Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.

(Now he was speaking about Judas [son] of Simon Iscariot, because this one--one of the twelve--was going to betray him.)

And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Because no man does things secretly if he has a desire that men may have knowledge of him. If you do these things, let yourself be seen by all men.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

Go ye up unto the feast: I go not up unto this feast; because my time is not yet fulfilled.

Yet no man spoke openly about him because of fear of the Jews.

But when it was already the middle of the feast, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. "I have given them thy word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Then the Jews were astonished, saying, "How does this man {possess knowledge}, [because he] has not been taught?"

Jesus answered and said unto them, I did one work, and ye all marvel because thereof.

Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.

If a man receiveth circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are ye wroth with me, because I made a man every whit whole on the sabbath?

I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.

They sought therefore to take him: and no man laid his hand on him, because his hour was not yet come.

But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believed on him were to receive: for the Spirit was not yet given ; because Jesus was not yet glorified.

So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.

And when his words came to their ears, they went out one by one, starting with the oldest even to the last, because they were conscious of what was in their hearts: and Jesus was there by himself with the woman before him.

Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify concerning myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I have come from or where I am going.

But even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.

These words spake he in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man took him; because his hour was not yet come.

Then the Jews began to say, "Perhaps he will kill himself, because he is saying, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”

I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me.

Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.

And his disciples put a question to him, saying, Master, was it because of this man's sin, or the sin of his father and mother, that he has been blind from birth?

Jesus said in answer, It was not because of his sin, or because of his father's or mother's; it was so that the works of God might be seen openly in him.

Then the neighbors and those who saw him previously (because he was a beggar) began to say, "Is this man not the one who used to sit and beg?"

Some therefore of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he keepeth not the sabbath. But others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such signs? And there was division among them.

So they said to the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" And he said, "He is a prophet."

These things said his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

Because of this his parents said, "{He is a mature adult}; ask him.")

Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains."

when he lets out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: because they know his voice.

They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.”