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

And seeing the multitudes he had compassion on them because they were faint and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

Then he began to rebuke those cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they changed not their minds.

And some fell on rocky places, where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because it had no depth of earth;

and when the sun arose it was scorched, and because it had no root it was dried up.

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

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

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

And he wished to kill him; but feared the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.

But they reasoned within themselves, saying, It is because we have not taken bread.

But Jesus knowing it, said, Why do you reason within yourselves, men of little faith, because you have not taken bread?

Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must necessarily come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

Then his lord called him, and said to him, Evil servant; I forgave you all that debt because you besought me [to do it].

They said to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go also into the vineyard.

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

and they sought to take him, but feared the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.

and because wickedness shall abound the love of the many shall become cold:

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

And he said to them, Let us go elsewhere to the adjoining villages to preach there; because for this purpose have I come.

because they said, He has an impure spirit.

And some fell on a rocky place, where it had not much earth, and it came up immediately, because it had no depth of earth;

and when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it had no root it was dried up.

And when the wheat delivers itself, he immediately sends out the sickle, because the harvest has come.

For Herod had sent and taken John, and, put him bound in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her.

because it enters not into his heart, but into the stomach, and goes out to the earth, purifying all aliments?

I have compassion on the multitude, because already they have continued with me three days, and have nothing to eat;

And they reasoned with themselves, because they had no bread.

And Jesus knowing it, said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive nor understand? Is your heart hardened?

and whoever gives you a cup of water because you are Christ's, truly he shall not lose his reward.

And Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart, he wrote you this ordinance;

And the scribes and chief priests came and sought how they might destroy him, for they feared him, because all the people were astonished at his teaching.

And when it was now evening, because it was the preparation, which is before the sabbath,

And afterwards he appeared to the eleven, as they reclined, and reproached their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who had seen him since he rose from the dead.

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

And behold you shall be silent, and not able to speak, till the day these things are accomplished; because you have not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time.

because the mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name;

Blessed is the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has visited and redeemed his people,

And Joseph 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 bore her first-born son, and wrapped him in bandages, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the khan.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim a release to the captives, and a recovery of sight to the blind, to send the oppressed away free,

But he said to them, I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God in the other cities also, because for this am I sent;

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the stream beat against that house and could not shake it, because it was built on a rock.

and some fell on the rock, and springing up it was dried up, because it had no moisture;

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

And all the multitude of the region about the Gerasenes requested him to depart from them, because they were seized with great fear. And entering into the ship, he returned.

And Herod the tetrarch heard all things which were done, and was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was raised from the dead,

And John answered and said, Master, 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 he was going to Jerusalem.

And if Satan is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

And he answered and said to them, Do you think those Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

And the synagogue ruler answered, being angry because Jesus had performed a cure on the sabbath, and said to the multitude, There are six days in which you ought to work; in them, therefore, come and be cured, and not on the sabbath.

And he said to him, Your brother has come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him back in health.

And the steward said within himself, What shall I do, because my lord takes the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

And the lord praised the unjust steward, because he did wisely; for the children of this life are wiser, for their generation, than the children of light.

Does he thank the servant because he did the things commanded him?

yet because this widow makes me trouble I will give her judgment, that she may not vex me by her continual coming.

And he sought to see Jesus, who he was; and could not on account of the multitude, because he was of small stature.

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

And when they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh Jerusalem; and they thought that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear.

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

for I feared you, because you are an austere man; you take up what you laid not down, and reap what you did not sow.

and destroy you and your children with you, and not leave stone upon stone in you; because you knew not the time of your visitation.

And when Herod saw Jesus he was much pleased; for he had wished for a long time to see him, because he had heard about him, and he hoped to see some miracle performed by him.

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 trust himself to them, because he knew all men,

He that believes in him is not judged; but he that believes not has been judged already; because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

And this is the judgment; that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil.

And John also was baptizing at AEnon, near Salim, because there were many waters there; and they came and were baptized,

and on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he had done these things on the sabbath.

Then, for this reason, the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also said, that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

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

You search the Scriptures, because you think by them to have eternal life; and they testify of me;

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he performed on the sick.

Jesus answered them and said, I tell you most truly, you seek me not because you saw miracles, but because you eat of the bread and were filled.

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

And 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 its works are evil.

Do you go up to the feast; I go not up to this feast, because my time has not yet fully come.

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

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

But he said this of the Spirit which those believing in him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet [given], because Jesus was not yet glorified.

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

I know that you are children of Abraham; but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you.

Why do you not understand my speech? because you cannot hear my word.

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

He that is of God hears the words of God; you, therefore, hear not, because you are not of God.

Then the neighbors and those who had seen him before, because he was a beggar, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

They said to the blind man again, What do you say of him, because he opened your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet

His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for already the Jews had agreed that if any one confessed him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue;

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

but you believe not, because you are not of my sheep. As I said to you,

The Jews answered him, We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, and because you, being a man, make yourself God.

do you tell him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God?

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours of the day? and if one walks in the day he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;

but if he walks in the night he stumbles, because the light is not in it.

But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the treasure-chest, and carried off the things put in it.

because many of the Jews withdrew on his account and believed in Jesus.

On this account also the multitude met him, because they heard that he had performed this miracle.

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

Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory, and spoke of him.