"A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not."

But I say to you, Do not swear at all! Not by Heaven, because it is God's throne;

not by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King;

nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black.

Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

But seeing the crowds, He was moved with compassion on them, because they were tired and scattered like sheep having no shepherd.

Then He began to upbraid the cities in which most of His mighty works were done, because they did not repent.

At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the sophisticated and cunning, and revealed them to babes.

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

Some fell on stony places, where they did not have much earth. And they sprang up immediately, because they had no deepness of earth.

And the sun rising, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away.

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

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not; nor do they understand.

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

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

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

Then Jesus called His disciples and said, I have compassion on the crowd because they continue with Me for three days now and have nothing to eat. And I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

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

And knowing Jesus said to them, Why do you reason among yourselves because you took no loaves, little-faiths?

And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief. For truly I say to you, If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Move from here to there. And it shall move. And nothing shall be impossible to you.

Woe to the world because of offenses! For it is necessary that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

Then his lord, after he had called him, said to him, O wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

He said to them, Because of your hard-heartedness Moses allowed you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

They said to him, Because no one has hired us. He said to them, You also go into the vineyard, and you shall receive whatever is right.

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

But seeking to lay hands on Him, they feared the crowd, because they held Him for a prophet.

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,

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

Then Jesus said to them, All of you will 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 to Him, though all shall be offended because of You, I will 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.

For he knew they had delivered Him because of envy.

But as he was sitting down on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have nothing to do with that just man, for today because of Him I have suffered many things in a dream.

And He healed many who were sick of different diseases, and cast out many demons. And He did not allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

When they could not come near to Him because of the crowd, they unroofed the roof where He was. And digging through, they let down the cot on which the paralytic was lying.

And looking around on them with anger, being grieved because of the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, Stretch out your hand! And he stretched it out. And his hand was restored whole, like the other.

And He spoke to His disciples, so that a small boat should stay near to Him, because of the crowd, lest they should press on Him.

Because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

And when the sun rose, it was scorched. And because it had no root, it withered away.

But when the fruit has been brought out, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.

because he had often been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces. Nor could anyone subdue him.

And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He went around the villages, in a circuit, teaching.

For Herod himself had sent out and laid hold on John and had bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. For he had married her,

And becoming deeply grieved, the king, because of his oath, and those reclining together, he did not wish to reject her.

And going out Jesus saw a large crowd. And He was moved with compassion toward them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And He began to teach them many things.

because it does not enter into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the waste-bowl, purifying all food?

I have compassion on the crowd 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 loaves.

And knowing it, Jesus said to them, Why do you reason that it is because you have no loaves? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Have you still hardened your heart?

And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out demons in Your name, and he does not follow us. And we forbade him, because he does not follow us.

For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, truly I say to you, He shall not lose his reward.

And Jesus answered and said to them, He wrote you this precept because of the hardness of your hearts.

And the scribes and the chief priests heard. And they sought how they might destroy Him. For they feared Him, because all the people were astonished at His doctrine.

And answering Jesus said to them, Do you not err because of this, not knowing Scriptures, nor the power of God?

And Jesus said to them, All of you will be offended because of Me this night. For it is written, "I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered."

For he knew that the chief priests had delivered Him because of envy.

Afterward He appeared to the Eleven as they reclined. And He reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

And they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren. And both were advanced in their days.

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

And Joseph also went up from Galilee to be taxed (out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David).

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

"The Spirit of the Lord is on Me; because of this He has anointed Me to proclaim the Gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and new sight to the blind, to set at liberty those having been crushed,

And He said to them, I must proclaim the gospel, the kingdom of God, to other cities, because I was sent on this mission,

And other fell on a rock, and sprouting, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

And His mother and His brothers came to Him. And they could not come near Him because of the crowd.

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

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things happening by Him. And he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead;

And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in Your name. And we prevented him, because he does not follow us.

And they did not receive Him, because His face was going toward Jerusalem.

Yet do not rejoice in this, that the evil spirits are subject to you, rather rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.

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

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

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

And answering, the synagogue ruler, being angry because Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, said to the crowd, There are six days in which it is right to work. Therefore in them come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

And he said to him, Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him safe and sound.

And the unjust steward's lord commended him 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, that she not wear me down in the end.

And he sought to see Jesus, to see who He was. And he could not because of the press, because he was little in stature.

And Jesus said to him, This day salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.

And as they heard these things, He added and spoke a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was about to appear immediately.

And he said to him, Well done, good servant, because you have been faithful in a least thing, have authority over ten cities.

For I feared you, because you are a harsh man. You take up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow.

And if anyone asks you, Why are you untying it? You will say this to him, Because the Lord has need of it.

And they will tear you down, and your children within you, and will not leave a stone on a stone because you did not know the time of your visitation.

And when He rose up from prayer and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping because of sorrow.

And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? And He said to them, You say it, because I AM!

And seeing Jesus, Herod greatly rejoiced, for he had desired to see Him for a long time, because he had heard many things about Him. And he hoped to see some miracle done by Him.

(who was thrown into prison because of a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder).

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

But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He knew all

He who believes on Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

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

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

He who 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. Then my joy is fulfilled.

And many of the Samaritans of that city believed upon Him because of the saying of the woman, who testified, He told me all that I ever did.

And many more believed because of His own word.

And they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of your saying, for we have heard Him ourselves and know that this is truly the Christ, the Savior of the world.

And therefore the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the sabbath day.

Then, because of this, the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the sabbath, but also said that God was His father, making Himself equal with God.