14 Bible Verses about Why People Did Things

we are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the evil One and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's just.

And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did things like this on the sabbath.

said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh?

hence a man shall leave his father and mother,

Therefore shall a man leave father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh.

He said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives, on account of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not so from the beginning.

Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly I tell you, it is not because you saw Signs that you are in quest of me, but because you ate these loaves and had your fill.

I tell you, though he will not get up and give you anything because you are a friend of his, he will at least rise and give you whatever you want, because you persist.

So when the woman saw she had not escaped notice, she came trembling, and falling down before him she told before all the people why she had touched him and how she had been instantly cured.

followed by a large crowd on account of the Signs which they had seen him perform on sick folk.

(Not that he cared for the poor; he said this because he was a thief, and because he carried the money-box and pilfered what was put in.)

and that was why the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard he had performed this Sign.

This they will do to you, because they have not known the Father nor me.

Then the Pharisees came up to tempt him. They asked, "Is it right to divorce one's wife for any reason?"