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

John bore witness concerning him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that is coming after me, is before me: because before me he was.

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

Because, the law, through Moses, was given, favour and truth, through Jesus Christ, came into existence.

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

This is the One about whom I said, 'After me there is coming a man who has already been put before 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 and said unto him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, dost thou believe? 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 Feast, many people, because they saw the wonder-works which He was performing, trusted in Him as the Christ.

But Jesus himself did not trust himself to them, because he knew them all,

and because he had no need that any man should testify respecting man; for he 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 is not condemned: but he that believeth not is already under condemnation, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Now this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the 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 at AEnon, near Salim, because there were many waters 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.

Jesus told her, "You are quite right in saying, "I don't have a husband,' because you have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband. What you have said is true."

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?"

Say not ye, 'There are yet four months, and the harvest is coming?' Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and view the fields, because they are white for harvest.

Many of the Samaritans in that town believed in Him because of the woman's testimony, when she said, "He has told me everything I ever did."

Then a much larger number believed in Him because of what He said Himself,

and they were saying to the woman, "It is not merely because of what you said that we now believe, for we have heard Him ourselves, and we know that He is really the Saviour of the world."

So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at 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.

and on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he had done these things on the sabbath.

Then, for this reason, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also said, that God was his 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 has given him authority and judgment to execute, 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

I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

"But I have a greater testimony than John's, because the actions that the Father has given me to complete the very actions that I am doing testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me.

And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

You search the Scriptures, because you think by them to have eternal life; and they testify of me;

If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he performed on the 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.

The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which 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 and said, I tell you most truly, you seek me not because you saw miracles, but because you eat of the bread and were filled.

Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal 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.

No one, nevertheless, was speaking, openly, about him, because of their 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 Moses ordered you circumcision; (not that it comes from Moses, but from our ancestors;) so ye circumcise a man on the sabbath-day.

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 said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.

and 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.

The Jews said therefore, Will he kill himself? because he said, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; because I always do the things acceptable to 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 was your Father you would have love for me, because it was from God I came and am here. I did not come of myself, 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 had seen him before, because he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

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.

They said to the blind man again, What do you say of 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."

And when he bringeth out his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: because they know his voice.

But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.