'Cause' in the Bible

For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?

For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign.

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

But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’