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because he was teaching his talmidim. He told them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men who will put him to death; but after he has been killed, three days later he will rise."

But they kept quiet; because on the way, they had been arguing with each other about who was the greatest.

Yochanan said to him, "Rabbi, we saw a man expelling demons in your name; and because he wasn't one of us, we told him to stop."

But Yeshua said, "Don't stop him, because no one who works a miracle in my name will soon after be able to say something bad about me.

Indeed, whoever gives you even a cup of water to drink because you come in the name of the Messiah — yes! I tell you that he will certainly not lose his reward.

But Yeshua said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hardheartedness.

Shocked by this word, he went away sad; because he was a wealthy man.

The head cohanim and the Torah-teachers heard what he said and tried to find a way to do away with him; they were afraid of him, because the crowds were utterly taken by his teaching.

Yeshua said to them, "Isn't this the reason that you go astray? because you are ignorant both of the Tanakh and of the power of God?

and everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out till the end will be delivered.

Again he denied it. A little later, the bystanders themselves said to Kefa, "You must be one of them, because you're from the Galil."

Trembling but ecstatic they went out and fled from the tomb, and they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.

But they had no children, because Elisheva was barren; and they were both well along in years.

But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Z'kharyah; because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elisheva will bear you a son, and you are to name him Yochanan.

Now, because you didn't believe what I said, which will be fulfilled when the time comes, you will be silent, unable to speak until the day these things take place."

Indeed you are blessed, because you have trusted that the promise Adonai has made to you will be fulfilled."

" Praised be Adonai , the God of Isra'el , because he has visited and made a ransom to liberate his people

So Yosef, because he was a descendant of David, went up from the town of Natzeret in the Galil to the town of David, called Beit-Lechem, in Y'hudah,

and she gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him in cloth and laid him down in a feeding trough, because there was no space for them in the living-quarters.

but the angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, because I am here announcing to you Good News that will bring great joy to all the people.