A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation and weeping and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children; and was not willing to be comforted, because they are not.

Blessed are the poor in spirit: because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Blessed are the meek, because they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they that mourn: because they shall be comforted.

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: because they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful: because they shall receive mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart: because they shall see God.

Blessed are the peacemakers: because they shall be called the sons of God.

Rejoice, and he exceedingly glad: because your reward is great in the heavens: for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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

nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of His feet; neither by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Neither swear by thy head, because thou art unable to make one hair white or black.

in order that you may be the sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because He raises up His sun on the wicked and on the good, and rains on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

For if you love those that love you, what reward have ye? because the publicans also do the same.

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites: because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, in order that they may appear unto the people. Truly I say unto you, They exhaust their reward.

Enter ye in through the narrow gate: because wide is the gate and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there are, who are going in through it.

Because narrow is the gate, and contracted the way, that leadeth into life, and few there are who find it.

And the men were astonished, saying, What sort of a man is this, because winds and the sea obey him?

And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd.

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

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida! because if the mighty works which were wrought in you had been in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And thou, Capernaum, art thou not exalted up to heaven? thou shall be cast down to Hades: because if the mighty works which were wrought in thee had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

At that time Jesus responding said, I praise thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and of earth, because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and reveal them unto babes.

Yea, Father, because it was so well pleasing in thy sight.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; because I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls.

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

The queen of the south will rise in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: because she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold a greater than Solomon is here.

And others fell among stones, where they had not much earth: and sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of earth:

and the sun having risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

He responding said to them, Because it has been given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it has not been given.

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

Because the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard heavily with their ears, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I shall heal them.

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

And wishing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because they esteemed him as a prophet.

And responding He said to them; Wherefore do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?

And He responded to her not a word; and His disciples, having come to Him, asked Him, saying, Send her away; because she cries after us.

And Jesus calling His disciples to Him, said, I sympathize with the multitude, because already three days abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat; I do not wish to send them away fasting, lest they may faint on the road.

And He responding said to them, It being evening, you say, It will be fair weather: because the sky is red:

And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, That it is because we did not take bread.

And Jesus knowing said to them, Why do you reason among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because you did not take bread?

And Jesus responding said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon the son of Jonah: because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

And Peter taking Him to him, began to rebuke Him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord; because this shall not be unto thee.

And turning He said to Peter, Get behind me, adversary: thou art my stumbling-block; because thou art not thinking about the things of God, but those of men.

and saying, Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is a lunatic and suffers terribly: for frequently he falls into the fire, and frequently into the water.

They say to him, Because no one hired us. He says to them, Go ye also into the vineyard.

Is it not lawful for me to do as I wish with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

Be not called teachers: because One is your teacher, Christ.

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you shut up the kingdom of the heavens against the people: for you do not go in, neither do you permit those coming in to enter.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when it may be done, you make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and pass by the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: it behooves to do these and not to neglect those.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you purify the exterior of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of extortion and impurity.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you are like whitened sepulchers, which are beautiful indeed externally, but within they are full of the hones of the dead people, and every impurity.

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

And because iniquity doth abound, the divine love of many will grow cold.

Watch therefore: because you do not know on what day your Lord cometh.

Therefore be ye also ready: because the Son of man cometh in an hour at which you do not think.

Watch therefore, because you know neither the day nor the hour.

And Jesus knowing, said to them, Why do you give the woman trouble? because she hath wrought a beautiful work in me.

How then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, because it is necessary thus to be done?

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

And they were all astonished, so that they were inquiring one to another, saying, What is this? what new teaching is this? Because according to authority He commands the unclean spirits, and they obey Him;

And He healed many who were afflicted with various diseases, and He cast out many demons; and did not suffer the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

Because they were saying, He has an unclean spirit.

And other fell upon stones, 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; and because it had no root, it withered away.

And when the fruit may develop, immediately he thrusts in the sickle, because the harvest is at hand.

And they feared with a great fear, and continued to say to one another, Who then is this, because the wind and the sea obey Him?

because frequently he had been bound with fetters and chains, and the chains were slipped off by him, and the fetters torn to pieces.

And He asked him, What is thy name? And he says to Him, My name is Legion; because we are many.

For Herod himself having sent, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip: because he married her.

And Jesus having come out saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion in their behalf, because they were as sheep having no shepherd: and He began to teach them many things.

Because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is cast out into the excrement, purifying all edibles.

I sympathize with the multitude because three days already abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat.

And they were reasoning to one another, saying, It is because we have not bread.

And Jesus knowing says to them, Why do you reason because you have not bread? do you not yet know, nor understand? have you your heart still hardened?

And He turning and seeing His disciples rebuked Peter, and says, Get behind me, adversary: because thou art not thinking the things of God, but those of men.

And John responded to Him saying, Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in Thy name, who does not follow us; and we forbade him, because he does not follow us.

For whosoever may give you a cup of water in my name, because you are Christ's, truly I say unto you, can not lose his reward.

And the scribes and high priests heard Him, seeking how they might destroy Him: for they feared Him, because all the multitude were delighted with His teaching.

And Jesus says to them, You will all be offended, because it has been written, I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

And the angel said to him; Fear not, Zacharias; because thy prayer has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bring forth a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John.

And behold thou shalt be dumb and unable to speak, unto the day upon which these things may take place; because thou didst not believe my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time.

And the people were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering because he tarries in the temple.

Because no word shall be impossible with God.

And blessed is she that believeth, because there shall be a perfection to those things having been spoken to her by the Lord.

because He looked upon the low state of his handmaiden.

For behold from now all generations call me blessed; because the Mighty One did great things unto me, and His name is holy;

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because He looked upon us and wrought redemption to His people, and raised up unto us a horn of salvation

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city Nazareth, into Judea, into the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

And she brought forth her firstborn son, and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

because this day a Savior is born unto you, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David.

because mine eyes saw thy salvation,

And the devil said to Him, I will give all the authority and glories of these to thee: because it has been given unto me: and I give it to whom I may wish;

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor: hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, and to set at liberty them that are bruised,

And they were astonished at His teaching; because His word was with authority.

And fear came upon them all, and they were talking together to one another, saying, What word is this? because with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.

And the demons continued to go out from many, crying, and saying, Thou art the Christ, the Son of God. And rebuking them, He did not suffer them to speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

And He said to them, That, it behooveth me to preach the gospel of the kingdom of God to many other cities: because unto this I have been sent.

And Simon Peter, seeing, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying; Depart from me, Lord, because I am a sinful man,

And the whole multitude sought to touch Him: because power was going out from Him, and was healing all.