A voice has been heard in Rama, weeping, and great lamentation: Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

But I say unto you, Do not swear at all; neither by the heaven, because it is the throne of God;

nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

But when he saw the crowds he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and cast away as sheep not having a shepherd.

Then began he to reproach the cities in which most of his works of power had taken place, because they had not repented.

and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,

but when the sun rose they were burned up, and because of not having any root were dried up;

And he answering said to them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it is not given;

For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear;

And he did not there many works of power, because of their unbelief.

and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him.

And while desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

But Jesus, having called his disciples to him, said, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, and I would not send them away fasting lest they should faint on the way.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, Because we have taken no bread.

And Jesus knowing it, said, Why reason ye among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have taken no bread?

And he says to them, Because of your unbelief; for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, Be transported hence there, and it shall transport itself; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!

And if it should come to pass that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more because of it than because of the ninety and nine not gone astray.

Then his lord, having called him to him, says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;

They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He says to them, Go also ye into the vineyard and whatsoever may be just ye shall receive.

is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

And seeking to lay hold of him, they were afraid of the crowds, because they held him for a prophet.

and because lawlessness shall prevail, the love of the most shall grow cold;

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

And he healed many suffering from various diseases; and he cast out many demons, and did not suffer the demons to speak because they knew him.

because they said, he has an unclean spirit.

And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out of the ground because it had no depth of earth;

and when the sun arose it was burnt up, and because of its not having any root, it withered.

because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn asunder by him, and the fetters were shattered; and no one was able to subdue him.

And he asked him, What is thy name? And he says to him, Legion is my name, because we are many.

And he wondered because of their unbelief. And he went round the villages in a circuit, teaching.

For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

And on leaving the ship Jesus saw a great crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

because it does not enter into his heart but into his belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?

And he said to her, Because of this word, go thy way, the demon is gone out of thy daughter.

I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat,

And they reasoned with one another, saying, It is because we have no bread.

And Jesus knowing it, says to them, Why reason ye because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?

And John answered him saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, who does not follow us, and we forbad him, because he does not follow us.

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, because all the crowd were astonished at his doctrine.

Afterwards as they lay at table he was manifested to the eleven, and reproached them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him risen.

And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years.

But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

and behold, thou shalt be silent and not able to speak, till the day in which these things shall take place, because thou hast not believed my words, the which shall be fulfilled in their time.

Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, because he has visited and wrought redemption for his people,

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

and she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling-clothes and laid him in the manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered,

and demons also went 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 him to be the Christ.

and other fell upon the rock, and having sprung up, it was dried up because it had not moisture;

And his mother and his brethren came to him, and could not get to him because of the crowd.

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as he went the crowds thronged him.

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things which were done by him, and was in perplexity, because it was said by some that John was risen from among the dead,

And John answering said, Master, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbad him, because he follows not with us.

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

I say to you, Although he will not get up and give them to him because he is his friend, because of his shamelessness, at any rate, he will rise and give him as many as he wants.

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

And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.

And he answering said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners beyond all the Galileans because they suffered such things?

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which people ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

And he said to him, Thy brother is come, and thy father has killed the fatted calf because he has received him safe and well.

But it was right to make merry and rejoice, because this thy brother was dead and has come to life again, and was lost and has been found.

And the lord praised the unrighteous steward because he had done prudently. For the sons of this world are, for their own generation, more prudent than the sons of light.

Is he thankful to the bondman because he has done what was ordered? I judge not.

at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.

And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was little in stature.

But as they were listening to these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately manifested.

And he said to him, Well done, thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.

For I feared thee because thou art a harsh man: thou takest up what thou hast not laid down, and thou reapest what thou hast not sowed.

And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose it? thus shall ye say to him, Because the Lord has need of it.

And they said, Because the Lord has need of it.

and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children in thee; and shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation.

But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws nigh.

And when Herod saw Jesus he greatly rejoiced, for he had been a long while desirous of seeing him, because of hearing many things concerning him, and he hoped to see some sign done by him;

He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he was before me;

Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.

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

He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to him and were baptised:

He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.

But many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him because of the word of the woman who bore witness, He told me all things that I had ever done.

And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on sabbath.

For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he had not only violated the sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God.

and has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is Son of man.

I cannot do anything of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my will, but the will of him that has sent me.

and a great crowd followed him, because they saw the signs which he wrought upon the sick.

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me not because ye have seen signs, but because ye have eaten of the loaves and been filled.

The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which has come down out of heaven.

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

The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.

If a man receives circumcision on sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be violated, are ye angry with me because I have made a man entirely sound on sabbath?

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

They sought therefore to take him; and no one laid his hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.

But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and whither I go.

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

And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.