14 Bible Verses about Why People Did Things
Most Relevant Verses
We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? It was because his life was bad while his brother's was good.
And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.
And said--'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife shall become one'?
'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife shall become one.'
"Moses, owing to the hardness of your hearts," answered Jesus, "permitted you to divorce your wives, but that was not so at the beginning.
"In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "it is not on account of the signs which you saw that you are looking for me, but because you had the bread to eat and were satisfied.
I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.
Then the woman, when she saw that she was discovered, came forward trembling, and threw herself down before him; and, in the presence of all the people, she told him her reason for touching him, and that she had been cured instantly.
A great crowd of people, however, followed him, because they saw the signs of his mission in his work among those who were afflicted.
He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.
This, indeed, was why the crowd met him--because people had heard that he had given this sign of his mission.
Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said: "Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?"
