14 Bible Verses about Why People Did Things

We must not be like Cain who was a child of 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 was why the Jews used to persecute Jesus, because he did things like this on the Sabbath.

and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two of them shall become one'? So they are no longer two but one.

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother, and he and his wife must become one,'

Therefore a man must leave his father and mother and attach himself to his wife, and they must become one.

He said to them, "It was on account of your perversity that Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, but it was not so at the beginning.

Jesus answered, "I tell you, it is not because of the signs you have seen that you have come in search of me, but because you ate that bread and had all you wanted of it.

I tell you, even if he will not get up and give him some because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him all he needs.

When the woman saw that she had not escaped his notice, she came forward trembling, and fell down before him, and before all the people told why she had touched him, and how she had been cured at once.

because they could see the signs he showed in what he did for the sick.

But he did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief and when he had charge of the purse he used to take what was put in it.

That was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard that he had showed that sign.

They will do this because they do not know the Father or me.

And some Pharisees came up to him to test him, and they said, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for any cause?"