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A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted, because they are not.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofMourningVoicesLamentingPeople Passing AwayMourning DeathNo ComfortDeathDeath Of A Child

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.

Verse ConceptsRepentance, Importance Of

and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth:

Verse ConceptsShallownessWicked Described AsSuddenlyThings Going UpPlanting SeedsSeedsSpilling Your Seed On The GroundThe EnvironmentSowing Seeds

and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

Verse ConceptsThe SunInstabilityPeople WitheredScorchingRoses

yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.

Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsNot Whole HeartedPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginSuddenlyPeople StumblingChrist's Disciples Will SufferEnduringWhy It HappenedPersecution

And he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTOrthodoxy, In NtFor The Sake Of ThingsWhy Do You Do This?Breaking God's Lawdisobedience

And Jesus called unto him his disciples, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat: and I would not send them away fasting, lest haply they faint on the way.

Verse ConceptsCompassion, Of Christethics, socialHeart, DivineMercy, Of Jesus ChristPoverty, Attitudes TowardsReceptivenessUnselfishnessJesus Christ, Love OfFaintingChrist SummoningChrist With His DisciplesTired In ActivityFastingDiscipleshipNervousnessFeeding The Poor

And Jesus perceiving it said, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have no bread?

Verse ConceptsFaith, Growth InWorryDoubt RebukedNot Believing In JesusChrist Knowing About PeopleConversation

Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!

Verse ConceptsNecessityWoeDenunciationsCausing Others To StumbleSure KnowledgeWoe To The WickedTemptationOvercoming AdversityOvercoming Obstacles

Then his lord called him unto him, and saith to him, Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me:

Verse ConceptsCancelling DebtsOthers SummoningPeople Forgiving OthersDebt

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsWhy It Happened

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? or is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Verse ConceptsEvil EyesDo Not Be StingyMoney Blessingsmagic

And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.

Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsHatredArresting ChristFearing Other PeopleJesus The Prophet

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGuidance, Need For God'sKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLegalismStumbling BlocksShutting The KingdomEntering The KingdomHypocritesHypocrisyGoing To Heavenpietypharisees

And while he was sitting on the judgment-seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that righteous man; for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfJudgment SeatJudgesWise CouncelSittingSleeplessnessWivesVisions And Dreams In ScriptureChrist, Names ForJudgement SeatLeave Them AloneWife

And he healed many that were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and he suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsdriving outDemons, Christ's AuthoritySpiritsMiracles Of ChristEvil Spirits DiscernmentJesus Casting Out DemonsChrist Concealing ThingsJesus Healing

And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him:

Verse ConceptsSeafaringBoatsPressingDisadvantages Of CrowdsDisciples' MovementsPreparing To Travel

And other fell on the rocky ground , where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:

Verse ConceptsShallownessSprouting PlantsSuddenlySproutingThings Going Up

and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

Verse ConceptsThe SunPeople WitheredScorching

and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, In Christian LivingShallownessFor The Sake Of ThingsPersecutionpressure

But when the fruit is ripe, straightway he putteth forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.

Verse ConceptsHarvestSicklesFarming

because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been rent asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: and no man had strength to tame him.

Verse ConceptsChainsIron ChainsNo Strength To CopeBreaking Chains

because it goeth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the draught? This he said , making all meats clean.

Verse ConceptsRitualEntering The MouthDefecationClean ObjectsClean FoodFood PermittedOther References To The Heartcleansing

I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

Verse ConceptsCompassionMercy, Of Jesus ChristNo Foodempathy

John said unto him, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followed not us.

Verse ConceptsMiracles, Nature OfPeople Casting Out DemonsIn The Name Of ChristPeople Following PeopleDemonsDiscipleshipComplainingCasting Out Demonsgroups

And when even was now come, because it was the Preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Verse ConceptsPreparing FoodSabbath ObservedPreparation

And afterward he was manifested unto the eleven themselves as they sat at meat; and he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them that had seen him after he was risen.

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfAttitudes Of StubbornnessRebukeUnbelief, And Life Of FaithUnbelief, Sourced InReclining To EatSeeing The Risen ChristChrist AppearingDoubting The ResurrectionNot Believing PeopleConsequences Of ObstinacyElevenChrist Is Risen

And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

Verse ConceptsBarrenness, Examples OfChildren, responsibilities to parentsChildlessnessInfertilityHaving A Babyluck

But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: because thy supplication is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

Verse ConceptsBarren WomenAnswered PrayerChildbirthHeraldAngel, AnnouncementsBirths ForetoldGod Naming PeopleGod Answered Prayer

And behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall come to pass, because thou believedst not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessdisabilitiesMutenessUnbelief, And Life Of FaithUnbelief, Examples OfSkepticismNot Believing PeopleDumbspeakingEverything Happening For A Reasongabriel

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David;

Verse ConceptsCity Of DavidGod Shows Loving KindnessRelativesNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsDemons, Exorcism OfRebukeShoutingJesus Recognised As The ChristEvil Spirits DiscernmentJesus Casting Out DemonsChrist Concealing ThingsSaid To Be The Christ

And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before Jesus.

Verse ConceptsRooftopCrowdsHousesRoofHousetopsBedsLowering PeopleDisadvantages Of Crowds

he is like a man building a house, who digged and went deep, and laid a foundation upon the rock: and when a flood arose, the stream brake against that house, and could not shake it: because it had been well builded.

Verse ConceptsFoundations Of BuildingsStones For Protection

And other fell on the rock; and as soon as it grew, it withered away, because it had no moisture.

Verse ConceptsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedMoist ThingsGrowingPlanting SeedsFarmingSeedsSowing Seedssowing

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done: and he was much perplexed, because that it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead;

Verse ConceptsTetrarchHearing About ChristPuzzlementRulers Of A Fourth

And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he were going to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsInhospitalityRacial PrejudiceNot Welcoming Christwelcome

I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will arise and give him as many as he needeth.

Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersNot Able To Get UpWhy People Did ThingsFriendsFriendship And LoveBoldnessFriendship KjvLosing FriendsPersistencerelentless

And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsPrejudiceSatan, Kingdom OfCasting Out Demons

and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

Verse ConceptsWorldly DilemmasStores Of FoodNo Room

And he answered and said unto them, Think ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered these things?

Verse ConceptsThinking Aright

And the ruler of the synagogue, being moved with indignation because Jesus had healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.

Verse ConceptsDays, Natural UsePharisees, Beliefs OfLegalismSix DaysAngry With ChristDoing One's WorkJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

Verse ConceptsFat AnimalsKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating Cattle

And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

Verse ConceptsCommendationNames And Titles For The ChristianLight Of God's PeoplePraising Specific PeopleMan's WisdomLightMoney Management

Doth he thank the servant because he did the things that were commanded?

Verse ConceptsThanks To PeopleObeying PeopleDutyslaveryThank YouThanksservanthood

yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.

Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessTroubling IndividualsPersistenceperserverancehelptirednaggingvindicationharassment

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.

Verse ConceptsSuddenly

for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that which thou layedst not down, and reapest that which thou didst not sow.

Verse ConceptsRiches, Ungodly Use OfNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowStrictnessReaping What You Sow

and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TimeVisitationDestruction Of The TempleGod VisitingBuilding Stones RejectedPutting Things DownGod's TimingGods Timingrecognition

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was of a long time desirous to see him, because he had heard concerning him; and he hoped to see some miracle done by him.

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfSeeking SignsThe First Sight Of ChristGood NewsSigns Performed By ChristSeeking A SignRight Desires

Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

Verse ConceptsChrist SeeingReasons For Faith In ChristMore ThanWhy It Happened

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

Verse ConceptsHow Jesus Knows The HeartDiscernment of JesusChrist Knowing About Peopletestimonytestifying

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

Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismJohn The BaptistWater For BaptismBaptised By JohnBaptism

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.

Verse ConceptsExamples Of Faithevangelism, kinds ofRevival, CorporateReligious AwakeningsContemporary Witness To ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleThose Who Believed In ChristHard Work

And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfPlottingPersecution Of ChristThe Sabbath And ChristWhy People Did Things

For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristEquality With GodPersecution, Nature OfChrist Would Be KilledRelationship Of Father And SonThe Sabbath And Christrelaxing

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

Verse ConceptsSelfishness, Examples OfCrowds SeekingPeople EatingChrist Telling The TruthSigns Performed By ChristTruly TrulyFilling PeopleWhy People Did ThingsSelf LoveFishseeking

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

Verse ConceptsChrist, Names ForChrist Going DownChrist And HeavenGrumbling At PeopleJesus As Food

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

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristAssassinations, AttemptedJews, ThePersecution Of ChristChrist Would Be Killed

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

Verse ConceptsTimes Of The ChristFestivals Observed

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

Verse Conceptssurprises

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?

Verse ConceptsInconsistencyCircumcision, physicalMoses, Significance OfAngry With ChristFulfilling The LawJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristJesus Healing On Sabbath

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

Verse ConceptsUntimelinessLaying On Hands For EvilNot The TimeArresting ChristTimes Of The Christ

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.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritGift Of The Holy SpiritThe Water Of LifePromises Of The Holy SpiritThe Effects Of FaithReceiving The Spiritartistsempowermentliberation

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

Verse ConceptsPublic OpinionSchismsDivisions Of Opiniondivision

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.

Verse ConceptsTreasuriesChrist TeachingArresting ChristChrist In The TempleTimes Of The Christ

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

Verse ConceptsPersecution Of ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleChrist Would Be KilledNo Room