Yet Jesus himself frequently withdrew to the wilderness and prayed.

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner."

Once when Jesus was praying by himself, and his disciples were nearby, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?"

Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

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

So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

so he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?'

So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God."

Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them!

But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master is delayed in returning,' and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

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

Then the manager said to himself, 'What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm too ashamed to beg.

For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people,

The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers -- or even like this tax collector.

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

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

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

They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king."

The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

While they were talking and debating these things, Jesus himself approached and began to accompany them

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.

While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."