He *said to them, “Let’s go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may also preach there; for this is why I came.”

“Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins except God alone?”

Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were thinking that way within themselves, *said to them, “Why are you thinking about these things in your hearts?

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating with tax collectors and sinners?”

John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they *came and *said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

The Pharisees were saying to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?”

And He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?”

While He was still speaking, people *came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why bother the Teacher further?”

And after entering, He *said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child has not died, but is asleep.”

John’s Fate Recalled

And King Herod heard about it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”

And the Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, “Why do Your disciples not walk in accordance with the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unholy hands?”

Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation!”

And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet comprehend or understand? Do you still have your heart hardened?

And they asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

When He came into the house, His disciples began asking Him privately, “Why is it that we could not cast it out?”

But Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

And if anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it’; and immediately he will send it back here.”

And they began considering the implications among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

Are we to pay, or not pay?” But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at.”

But there were some indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a good deed for Me.

But Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has He done?” But they shouted all the more, “Crucify Him!”

At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabaktanei?” which is translated, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”