Now John himself had his clothing made from camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

in order that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said, "He himself took away our sicknesses, and carried away our diseases."

And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being inundated by the waves, but he himself was asleep.

And if Satan expels Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

But he does not have a root in himself, but {lasts only a little while}, and [when] affliction or persecution happens because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Now [when] Jesus heard [it], he withdrew from there in a boat to an isolated place by himself. And [when] the crowds heard [it], they followed him by land from the towns.

And [after he] sent away the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. So [when] evening came, he was there alone.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

And calling a child [to himself], he had him stand in their midst

Therefore whoever humbles himself like this child, this person is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven,

Then the slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to do obeisance to him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay back everything to you!'

Then his fellow slave threw himself to the ground [and] began to implore him, saying, 'Be patient with me and I will repay you!'

But Jesus called them to himself [and] said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions exercise authority over them.

And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

But if that evil slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is staying away for a long time,'

And throwing the silver coins into the temple he departed. And he went away [and] hanged himself.

"He saved others; he is not able to save himself! He is the king of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him!

Now [when it] was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who also was a disciple of Jesus himself.

And he called them to himself [and] was speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan expel Satan?

And if Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand, but is at an end!

And during every night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was crying out and cutting himself with stones.

And immediately Jesus, perceiving in himself [that] power had gone out from himself, turned around in the crowd [and] said, "Who touched my clothing?"

For Herod himself had sent [and] arrested John and bound him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself dismissed the crowd.

And he took him away from the crowd by himself [and] put his fingers into his ears, and [after] spitting, he touched his tongue.

And summoning the crowd together with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

And Jesus called them to himself [and] said to them, "You know that those who are considered to rule over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their [people] in high positions exercise authority over them.

David himself said by the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet." '

David himself calls him 'Lord,' and how is he his son?" And the large crowd was listening to him gladly.

And Peter followed him from a distance, right inside, into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting with the officers and warming himself by the fire.

And [when] she saw Peter warming himself, she looked intently at him [and] said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus."

And immediately a rooster crowed for the second time. And Peter remembered the statement, how Jesus had said to him, "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times," and throwing himself down, he began to weep.

In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes, were mocking [him] to one another, saying, "He saved others; he is not able to save himself!

Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council who was also himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came acting courageously [and] went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

"Thus the Lord has done for me in the days in which he has concerned himself with [me], to take away my disgrace among people."

And Jesus, [when he] began [his ministry], was himself about thirty years [old], being the son (as it was believed) of Joseph the [son] of Eli,

But he himself was withdrawing in the wilderness and praying.

because he loves our nation and he himself built the synagogue for us."

Now [when] the Pharisee who invited him saw [this], he spoke to himself, saying, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what kind of woman [this is] who is touching him, that she is a sinner."

And he said to [them] all, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross every day and follow me.

For what is a person benefited [if he] gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

So if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say [that] I expel demons by Beelzebul.

And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.'

So [is] the one who stores up treasure for himself, and who is not rich toward God!"

Blessed [are] those slaves whom the master will find on the alert [when he] returns! Truly I say to you that he will dress himself for service and have them recline at the table and will come by [and] serve them.

But if that slave should say {to himself}, 'My master is taking a long time to return,' and he begins to beat the male slaves and the female slaves and to eat and drink and get drunk,

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

And he went [and] hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.

"But [when he] came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have an abundance {of food}, and I am dying here from hunger!

And the manager said to himself, 'What should I do, because my master is taking away the management from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg.

And he was not willing for a time, but after these [things] he said to himself, 'Even if I do not fear God or respect people,

The Pharisee stood [and] prayed these [things] with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people--swindlers, unrighteous [people], adulterers, or even like this tax collector!

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that one! For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

But Jesus called them to himself, saying, "Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, {for to such belongs} the kingdom of God.

Therefore he said, "A certain nobleman traveled to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

And they began to accuse him, saying, "We have found this man misleading our nation and forbidding [us] to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying [he] himself is Christ, a king!"

And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

And it happened that while they were conversing, and discussing, Jesus himself also approached [and] began to go along with them,

And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.

And [while] they were saying these [things], he himself stood there among them.

But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all [people],

and because he did not {need} anyone {to testify} about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples),

You are not greater than our father Jacob, [are you], who gave us the well and drank from it himself, and his sons and his livestock?"

For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own homeland.

So the father knew that [it was] that same hour at which Jesus said to him, "Your son will live," and he himself believed, and his whole household.

So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, [thus] making himself equal with God.

So Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these [things] also the Son does likewise.

For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished.

For just as the Father has life in himself, thus also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself.

Then Jesus, [because he] knew that they were about to come and seize him in order to make [him] king, withdrew again up the mountain [by] himself alone.

But Jesus, [because he] knew within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended?

For no one does anything in secret and [yet] he himself desires to be {publicly recognized}. If you are doing these [things], reveal yourself to the world!"

The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him--this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Then the Jews began to say, "Perhaps he will kill himself, because he is saying, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

But how he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know. Ask him! {He is a mature adult}; he will speak for himself!"

Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled within himself.

Then Jesus, deeply moved within himself again, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying on it.

(Now he did not say this from himself, but being high priest in that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,

For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father himself who sent me {has commanded me} what I should say and what I should speak.

he got up from the dinner and took off [his] outer clothing, and taking a towel, tied [it] around himself.

Then he poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe [them] dry with the towel {which he had tied around himself}.

If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will glorify him immediately.

But when he--the Spirit of truth--comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come.

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

(Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing there with them and warming himself.)

Now Simon Peter was standing there and warming himself. So they said to him, "You are not also [one] of his disciples, [are you]?" He denied [it] and said, "I am not!"

The Jews replied to him, "We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be the Son of God!"

From this [point on] Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews shouted, saying, "If you release this man, you are not a friend of Caesar! Everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar!"

and carrying for himself the cross, he went out to the [place] called The Place of a Skull (which is called Golgotha in Aramaic),

After these [things] Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. Now he revealed [himself] in this way:

Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" So Simon Peter, [when he] heard that it was the Lord, tied around himself his outer garment (for he was naked) and threw himself into the sea.

to whom he also presented himself alive after he suffered, with many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking the things about the kingdom of God.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those [who are] far away, as many as the Lord our God calls to himself."

and he kept back for himself [some] of the proceeds, and [his] wife was aware of [it]. And he brought a certain part [and] placed [it] at the feet of the apostles.

And Simon himself also believed, and [after he] was baptized he was {keeping close company with} Philip. And [when he] saw the signs and great miracles that were taking place, he was astonished.

And the eunuch answered [and] said to Philip, "I ask you, about whom does the prophet say this--about himself or about someone else?"