When he saw the crowds of people he went up on the mountain. There he seated himself, and when his disciples had come up to him,

and, if you are ready to accept the idea, he is himself Elijah who was to come.

After he had dismissed them he went up the hill by himself to pray. And when evening came on he was there alone,

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to go with me, he must disregard himself and take his cross and follow me.

When they looked up, they saw no one but Jesus himself.

So the slave threw himself down before him and implored him, 'Give me time, and I will pay you all of it.'

So his fellow-slave threw himself down before him, and begged him, 'Give me time, and I will pay you.'

they brought the ass and the colt, and laid their coats upon them, and Jesus seated himself upon them.

Whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

But if he is a bad slave and says to himself, 'My master is going to stay a long time,'

And he went on a little way, and threw himself on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me. Yet not as I please but as you do!"

And he threw down the silver and left the Temple and went off and hung himself.

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is King of Israel; let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

In the evening a rich man named Joseph, from Arimathea, who had himself been a disciple of Jesus, came.

And Jesus himself met them, and said, "Good morning!" And they went up to him and clasped his feet, and bowed to the ground before him.