It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous [which is to seek and submit to the will of God]—in order to make ready a people [perfectly] prepared [spiritually and morally] for the Lord.”

And when he came out, he could not speak to them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he himself made signs to them, and continued deaf and dumb.

"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."

immediately he had the use of his speech: and he uttered himself in praises to God.

To show mercy [as He promised] to our fathers,
And to remember His holy covenant [the promised blessing],

And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in wilderness: till the day came, when he should show himself unto the Israelites.

to enrol himself with Mary, who was betrothed to him, being great with child.

Simeon himself took the child in his arms, and blessed God, and said:

And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was submitting himself unto them. And, his mother, was closely observing all these things in her heart.

And, as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he himself were the Christ,

he address'd himself to them all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water; but there is one coming, who is superiour to me, whose shoes I am unworthy to untie: he shall baptize you with the holy spirit, under the appearance of fire.

Now after all the people had been baptized, and Jesus himself had been baptized and was praying,

And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

And He began teaching in their synagogues and was praised and glorified and honored by all.

And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.

But He Himself passed through the midst of them and went on His way.

And when it was day, he went out, and betook himself to a desert place; and the multitudes went in search of him; and they came to him, and would have prevented him from leaving them.

Once as the crowd was pressing against Him to hear the message of God, He found Himself standing on the shore of Lake Gennesaret.

When Simon Peter saw this, he threw himself down at Jesus' knees, exclaiming: "Master, leave me, for I am a sinful man!"

On another occasion, when He was in one of the towns, there was a man there covered with leprosy, who, seeing Jesus, threw himself at His feet and implored Him, saying, "Sir, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

And he warned him, that he should tell no man: but that he should go and show himself to the priest, and offer for his cleansing according as Moses commandment was, for a witness unto them.

And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.

And Levi made himself a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of tax collectors and of others that sat down with them.

But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them [Note: Jesus here refers to Himself]. Then they will fast at that time."

And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;

On another Sabbath He found Himself in the synagogue teaching; and there was there a man whose right hand was withered.

And he himself had known their reasonings, and said to the man having the withered hand, 'Rise, and stand in the midst;' and he having risen, stood.

And when it was day, he called his disciples to himself; and from them he chose twelve, whom he also named apostles:

Then directing himself to his disciples, he said, blessed are ye, that are poor: for the divine kingdom is yours.

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men.

for he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.

When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned himself about and said to the people that followed him, I say to you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

When the messengers of John were departed, he address'd himself to the people, and said with relation to John, what did you go to see in the desart? a reed shaken with the wind?

Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

And Jesus addressing himself to him said, Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And he said, Master, speak freely.

And it fortuned after that, that he himself went throughout cities and towns, preaching, and showing the kingdom of God, and the twelve with him.

A vast number of people being assembled, and crowding to him from all quarters, he thus address'd himself to them by way of parable.

Now it came to pass on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples; and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake: and they launched forth.

So they came and woke Him, crying, "Rabbi, Rabbi, we are drowning." Then He roused Himself and rebuked the wind and the surging of the water, and they ceased and there was a calm.

Catching sight of Jesus, he shrieked out and threw himself down before him, and in a loud voice exclaimed: "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you not to torment me."

Just then there came a man named Jair, a Warden of the Synagogue, who threw himself at the feet of Jesus, and entreated Him to come to his house;

But Herod himself said: "John I beheaded; but who is this of whom I hear such things?" And he endeavored to see him.

And the apostles having turned back, declared to him how great things they did, and having taken them, he withdrew by himself to a desert place of a city called Bethsaida,

One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present; and He asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

For whoever is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and the glory of the [heavenly] Father and of the holy angels.

And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

and Jesus having seen the reasoning of their heart, having taken hold of a child, set him beside himself,

And it came to pass, when the days for taking him up were on the point of being fulfilled, even he himself, set, his face, to be journeying unto Jerusalem;

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.

And he turned himself to his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see.

But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

Which of these three do you think proved himself a neighbor to the man who encountered the robbers?”

"I tell you that even if he will not rise and give him the loaves because he is his friend, at any rate because of his persistency he will rouse himself and give him as many as he requires.

Jesus himself, however, was aware of what they were thinking, and said to them: "Any kingdom wholly divided against itself becomes a desolation; and a divided house falls.

If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.

But as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him that he would dine with him; and entering in he placed himself at table.

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first bathed himself before dinner.

Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod upon one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them: "Be on your guard against the leaven--that is, the hypocrisy--of the Pharisees.

And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

"And he said to himself, "'This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth 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,

And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

upon which Jesus thus address'd himself to them. do you imagine that those Galileans were greater sinners than the rest of the nation, because they suffer'd in such a manner?

Then the ruler of the synagogue, indignant, that on the sabbath Jesus had performed the cure, addressing himself to the multitude, said, There are six days in which work is to be done: on these therefore come and be cured, and not on the sabbath-day.

when once the householder shall rouse himself, and lock the door, and ye begin to stand, outside, and to knock at the door, saying - Lord! open to us; and he shall answer and say unto you - I know you not, whence ye are.

Jesus therefore addressing himself to the doctors of the law, and to the Pharisees, said, is it allowable to perform a cure on the sabbath-day? to which they made no answer.

go and sit down in the lowest place, that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have honour in the presence of them that sit at table with thee. For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that

For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

After this a great multitude being gather'd about him, he address'd himself to them,

or where is the king, that will march to give battle to another king, without setting himself first to deliberate, whether he is strong enough with ten thousand to withstand an army of twenty thousand?

'So, then, every one of you who doth not take leave of all that he himself hath, is not able to be my disciple.

and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

No one would give him anything, even though he would gladly have filled himself with the husks the pigs were eating.

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

so he departed and went to his father. but while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him, and mov'd with compassion, ran and threw himself upon his neck, and kissed him.

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

No servant can serve two masters, for, either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

“Now there was a certain rich man who was habitually dressed in expensive purple and fine linen, and celebrated and lived joyously in splendor every day.

And it came to pass that the beggar died, and himself was carried by the angels into the bosom of Abraham: and the rich man also died, and was buried.

will he think himself oblig'd to that servant for doing what he was order'd? I believe not.

and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.

It will be the same on the day on which the Son of Man reveals himself.

And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall 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.

Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.

Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God himself.

but Zaccheus address'd himself to Jesus, and said, Lord, half my estate I give to the poor; and if I have wrong'd any man, I will give him four times the value.

He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

and they will level you to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you. They will not leave in you one stone on another, all because you did not [come progressively to] recognize [from observation and personal experience] the time of your visitation [when God was gracious toward you and offered you salvation].”