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And the works of power which he did there were small in number because they had no faith.

For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;

There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.

And Jesus got his disciples together and said, I have pity for the people, because they have now been with me three days and have no food: and I will not send them away without food, or they will have no strength for the journey.

And Jesus, seeing it, said, O you of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves, because you have no bread?

And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.

But he, turning to Peter, said, Get out of my way, Satan: you are a danger to me because your mind is not on the things of God, but on the things of men.

Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

And he says to them, Because of your little faith: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Be moved from this place to that; and it will be moved; and nothing will be impossible to you.

A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.

And because he was not able to make payment, his lord gave orders for him, and his wife, and his sons and daughters, and all he had, to be given for money, and payment to be made.

Then his lord sent for him and said, You evil servant; I made you free of all that debt, because of your request to me:

He says to them, Moses, because of your hard hearts, let you put away your wives: but it has not been so from the first.

They say to him, Because no man has given us work. He says to them, Go in with the rest, into the vine-garden.

Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?

But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

And though they had a desire to take him, they were in fear of the people, because in their eyes he was a prophet.