But when he was giving thought to these things, an angel of the Lord came to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, have no fear of taking Mary as your wife; because that which is in her body is of the Holy Spirit.

Saying, Get up and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: because they who were attempting to take the young child's life are dead.

And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham.

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.

But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King.

You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

And in your prayer do not make use of the same words again and again, as the Gentiles do: for they have the idea that God will give attention to them because of the number of their words.

So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.

Because the Gentiles go in search of all these things: for your Father in heaven has knowledge that you have need of all these things:

Because to everyone who makes a request, it will be given; and he who is searching will get his desire, and to him who gives the sign, the door will be open.

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.

And the rain came down and there was a rush of waters and the winds were driving against that house, but it was not moved; because it was based on the rock.

Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.

But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

And you will come before rulers and kings because of me, for a witness to them and to the Gentiles.

Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

Have, then, no fear of them: because nothing is covered which will not come to light, or secret which will not be made clear.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.

Then he went on to say hard things to the towns where most of his works of power were done, because they had not been turned from their sins.

At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.

You offspring of snakes, how are you, being evil, able to say good things? because out of the heart's store come the words of the mouth.

The men of Nineveh will come up in the day of judging and give their decision against this generation: because they were turned from their sins at the preaching of Jonah; and now a greater than Jonah is here.

And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.

Because whoever has, to him will be given, and he will have more; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.

And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;

There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.

But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.

A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.

And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.

And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we see that you are true, and that you are teaching the true way of God, and have no fear of anyone, because you have no respect for a man's position.

When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.

And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.

But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.

Because in those days there will be great sorrow, such as there has not been from the start of the world till now, or ever will be.

And if those days had not been made short there would have been no salvation for any, but because of the saints those days will be made short.

Because as in a thunderstorm the bright light coming from the east is seen even in the west; so will be the coming of the Son of man.

Because as in those days before the overflowing of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark,

Keep watch, then, because you are not certain of the day or of the hour.

And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.

Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.

And after a little time those who were near came and said to Peter, Truly you are one of them; because your talk is witness against you.

And while he was on the judge's seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that upright man, for I have had much trouble this day in a dream because of him.

And they were full of wonder at his teaching, because he gave it as one having authority, and not like the scribes.

And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

And he said to them, Let us go to other parts into the nearest towns, so that I may give teaching there, because for this purpose I came.

And when they were unable to get near him because of all the people, they got the roof uncovered where he was: and when it was broken up, they let down the bed on which the man was.

And looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.

Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:

And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.

And they have no root in themselves, but go on for a time; then, when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, they quickly become full of doubts.

But when the grain is ready, he quickly sends men to get it cut, because the time for cutting has come.

Because he had frequently been prisoned in chains and iron bands, and the chains had been parted and the bands broken by him: and no man was strong enough to make him quiet.

And Jesus said, What is your name? And he made answer, My name is Legion, because there are a great number of us.

And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

And he said to them, Come away by yourselves to a quiet place, and take a rest for a time. Because there were a great number coming and going, and they had no time even for food.

And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.

And seeing that they had trouble in getting their boat through the water, because the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea; and he would have gone past them;

Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean.

Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

And Jesus, hearing it, said to them, Why are you reasoning among yourselves because you have no bread? do you still not see, and is it still not clear to you? are your hearts so hard?

Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

Whoever has a feeling of shame because of me and my words in this false and evil generation, the Son of man will have a feeling of shame because of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Because he was not certain what to say, for they were in great fear.

But they said nothing: because they had had an argument between themselves on the way, about who was the greatest.

John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward.