"A cry was heard at Ramah, lamentation, and wailing, and bitter moaning, Rachel weeping for her children, and will not be comforted, because they are no more."

because strait is the gate, and narrow the road, which leadeth to life, and they are but a few who find it.

And beholding the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were fainting, and lying here and there, as sheep that had no shepherd.

Then began he to upbraid the cities in which the chief of his miracles had been wrought, because they repented not:

and other seed fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

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

And he answered and said unto them, Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

And he did not there many miracles because of their unbelief.

So they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have not taken bread.

But when Jesus knew it, he said unto them, Why are ye reasoning among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because ye have not taken bread?

Then said Jesus unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence, thither, and it will remove; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Wo to the world because of offences! for there is a necessity that offences come: nevertheless, wo to that man by whom the offence cometh!

Then his lord, calling him before him, said to him, Thou vile slave! all that debt I forgave thee, because thou besoughtest me:

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatever is equitable, ye shall receive.

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

Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven from men; for ye yourselves enter not in, and those who were coming in, ye suffer not to enter.

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many will grow cool.

Then the chief priests taking up the silver pieces, said, It is not lawful to put them to the treasure destined for sacred uses, because it is the price of blood.

and not being able to come nigh him because of the crowd, they stripped off the roofing of the house where he was; and having broken a way through, they let down with ropes the couch, on which the paralytic lay.

And he spoke to his disciples that a little boat should be ready for him, because of the crowd, lest they should press upon him:

Because they said, he hath an unclean spirit.

And some fell on a rocky soil, where it had not much mold, and immediately it sprung up, because it had no depth of earth:

and when the sun arose it was scorched up; and because it had not root, it withered away.

But when the grain is ready, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because harvest is come.

For Herod himself had sent and seized upon John, and bound him in prison, for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

because it entereth not into his heart, but into his belly, and goeth out into the vault, carrying off all the impurities of the food.

And they talked the matter over among themselves, saying, This is because we have no loaves of bread.

And Jesus knowing it said unto them, Why reason ye together, because ye have no loaves? Do ye not yet consider, nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?

Then John addressed him, saying, Master, we saw a person in thy name casting out devils, who followeth us not: and we forbad him, because he did not follow us.

For whosoever shall give you even a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to the Messiah, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

And the scribes and chief priests heard him, and sought how they might destroy him: for they were afraid of him, because all the people were exceedingly struck with his teaching,

Afterwards he shewed himself to the eleven, as they were sitting at table, and upbraided them for their infidelity and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he was risen.

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

And behold, thou shalt be dumb, and unable to speak, until that day when these things shall come to pass, because thou hast not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled at their exact time.

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

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

Because this day there is born for you a Saviour, which is Messiah, the Lord, in the city of David.

And not discovering by what means they could introduce him, because of the crowd, they went up to the roof, and through the tiling let him down with his little couch into the midst, before Jesus.

And other seed fell on a rock, and vegetating, withered because it had no moisture.

Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come near him because of the crowd.

Then Herod the tetrarch heard of all things that were done by him; and he was in much distraction of mind, because it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead:

Then John addressing him said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and we forbad him, because he followed not with us.

And they would not admit him, because his face was directed to Jerusalem.

I tell you, though even he would not rise and give him because he is his friend; yet because of his importunity, roused up, he will give him as many as he needeth.

And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom be established? because ye say, that I cast out devils by Beelzebub.

But wo to you, Pharisees, because ye tithe mint, and rue, and every herb, and pass by judgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and not to have omitted the other.

And Jesus in reply said to them, Think ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

and thou shalt be blessed; because they cannot recompense thee: for a recompence shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.

And he said, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed for him the stall-fed steer, because he hath received him in health.

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? because my master is taking away the stewardship from me: to dig, I have not the strength; to beg, I am ashamed.

And the master praised the unjust steward, because he had acted providently: for the children of this world are more provident among their own generation of men, than the children of light.

yet because this woman is so troublesome to me, I will do her justice, lest by her perpetual coming she stun me with her importunity,

And he was desirous to have a sight of Jesus, what sort of person he was; and he could not, because of the crowd, for he was short of stature.

Then said Jesus unto him, To-day is salvation come to this house, because that he also is a son of Abraham.

And as they were hearkening to these things, he proceeded on, and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and they supposed that immediately the kingdom of God would openly appear.

And he said unto him, Well done, good servant: because thou hast been faithful in the least matter, hold thou dominion over ten cities.

for I was afraid of thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up where thou hadst laid nothing down, and reapest where thou didst not sow.

and will dash thee on the ground, and thy children within thee; and will not leave in thee one stone upon another: because thou knewest not the season of thy visitation.

Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was vastly delighted: for he had been long desirous to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some miracle wrought by 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.

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.

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 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.

And many more believed because of his own word;

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day.

Therefore sought they the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but called God his own Father, setting himself on an equality with God.

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

And a vast multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he performed on those who were diseased.

Jesus replied to them and said, Ye seek me, not because ye have seen the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

Then the Jews murmured against him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

AND Jesus after these things travelled about in Galilee: for he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.

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

Go ye up to this feast: for I am not yet going up to this feast, because my fixed time is not yet arrived.

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 receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day?

Then they sought to apprehend him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

(Now he spake this in reference to the Spirit, which they who believe on him should afterwards receive: for as yet the Holy Ghost was not given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.)

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 has no place in you.

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

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will practise. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not fast in the truth, because truth was not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh what is peculiarly his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

But because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

He that is of God heareth the words of God: ye therefore do not hear him, because ye are not of God.

Then said certain of the Pharisees, This man is not from God, because he observeth not the sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a wicked man to do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

So spake his parents, because they were afraid of the Jews: for the Jews had already come to a resolution, that if any person acknowledged him Messiah, he should be excluded the synagogue.

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

Now the hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

do ye say of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest because I said, I am the Son of God?

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because he seeth the light of this world.

But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light with him.

Now he said this, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and kept the purse, and carried the money put therein.

because on his account many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.

Therefore also the multitude met him, because they had heard that he had done this miracle.

For this reason they could not believe, because Isaiah had said again;

Because I have not spoken of myself; but the Farther who has sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works which I do shall he do also; yea, and greater than these shall he do; because I go to the Father.