"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.