15 Bible Verses about Why It Happened

he has no root in himself, he does not last, but when the word brings trouble or persecution he is at once repelled.

and far more of them believed on account of what he said himself.

And he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead. That is why miraculous powers are working through him."

Now this came to the hearing of king Herod, for the name of Jesus had become well known; people said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, that is why miraculous powers are working through him;"

He said to them, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you truly, if you had faith the size of a grain of mustard-seed, you could say to this hill, 'Move from here to there,' and remove it would; nothing would be impossible for you."

'Because nobody hired us,' they said. He told them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'

The king was very vexed, but for the sake of his oaths and his guests he did not like to disappoint her;

Jesus answered, "You believe because I told you I had seen you under that fig tree? You shall see more than that."

He answered them, "I must preach the glad news of the Reign of God to the other towns as well, for that is what I was sent to do."

My soul is now disquieted. What am I to say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, it is something else that has brought me to this hour:

"So you are a king?" said Pilate, "you!" "Certainly," said Jesus, "I am a king. This is why I was born, this is why I came into the world, to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

I myself did not recognize him; I only came to baptize with water, in order that he might be disclosed to Israel."

Now get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you to my service as a witness to what you have seen and to the visions you shall have of me.

Perhaps this was why you and he were parted for a while, that you might get him back for good,

That is why many of you are ill and infirm, and a number even dead.