In Ramah was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Neither shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black.

Because narrow is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads unto life, and few there be that find it.

But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Then began he to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes.

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and immediately they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

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

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

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Yet has he not root in himself, but endures for a while: for when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he is offended.

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

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away without food, lest they faint in the way.

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.

Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O you of little faith, why reason you among yourselves, because you have brought no bread?

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say unto this mountain, Remove from here to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O you wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you desired me:

He said unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts allowed you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

They said unto him, Because no man has hired us. He said unto them, Go you also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall you receive.

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

But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the sepulchers of the righteous,

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

Then said Jesus unto them, All you shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of you, yet will I never be offended.

And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

When he was sat down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

And he healed many that were sick of various diseases, and cast out many demons; and allowed not the demons to speak, because they knew him.

And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

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

But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest is come.

Because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been wrenched apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man subdue him.

And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.

And Jesus, when he came out, saw many people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the drain, purging all foods?

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

And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

And when Jesus knew it, he said unto them, Why reason you, because you have no bread? perceive you not yet, neither understand? have you your heart yet hardened?

And John answered him, saying, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in your name, and he followed not us: and we forbade him, because he followed not us.

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

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

And Jesus answering said unto them, Do you not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

And Jesus said unto them, All you shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

And now when the evening was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,

Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at table, and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them who had seen him after he was risen.

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

And, behold, you shall be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because you believe not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time.

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a 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 the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his bed into the midst before Jesus.

And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion: because many demons were entered into him.

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

And John answered and said, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he follows not with us.

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

Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

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

If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because you say that I cast out demons through Beelzebub.

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room to store my crops?

And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose you that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

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

And he said unto him, your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound.

And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.

Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she wearies me.

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

And as they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.

And he said unto him, Well done, good servant: because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.

For I feared you, because you are a severe man: you take up what you laid not down, and reap what you did not sow.

And if any man asks you, Why do you loose him? thus shall you say unto him, Because the Lord has need of him.

And shall lay you even with the ground, and your children within you; and they shall not leave in you one stone upon another; because you knew not the time of your visitation.

And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad: for he was desirous to see him for a long time, because he had heard many things about him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these.

But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

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

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

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

He that has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

And many more believed because of his own word;

And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of your saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.

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

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

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

I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who has sent me.

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, You seek me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

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

The world cannot hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and you on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are you angry at me, because I have made a man every bit whole on the sabbath day?

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

(But this spoke he of the Spirit, whom they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Spirit was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

So there was a division among the people because of him.