14 Bible Verses about Why People Did Things

We must not be like Cain who belonged to the evil one and butchered his brother. And why did he butcher him? Because his own actions were wicked and his brother's upright.

This is why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He persisted in doing such things on the Sabbath.

and said, 'For this reason a man must leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them must be one!'

Therefore, a man must leave his father and mother,

Therefore, a man must leave his father and mother and so perfectly unite himself to his wife that the two shall be one.

He answered them, "It was because of your moral perversity that Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but it was not so from the beginning.

Jesus answered them, "I most solemnly say to you, you are looking for me, not because of the wonder-works you saw, but because you ate the loaves and had plenty.

I tell you, although he will not get up and give you any because he is your friend, yet because of your persistence he will get up and give you all your needs.

When the woman saw that she had not escaped His notice, she came forward trembling, and falling down before Him she told in the presence of all the people why she had touched Him and how she had been cured at once.

And a vast crowd continued to follow Him, for they pressed on to view the wonder-works which He performed for the sick people.

He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and as the carrier of the purse for the Twelve he was in the habit of taking what was put into it.

This is why the crowd went out to meet Him, because they had heard that He had performed this wonder-work.

They will do this, because they have never come to know God nor me.

And some Pharisees came up to Him, to try Him out with the question, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"