So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king's service.

But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the royal delicacies or the royal wine. He therefore asked the overseer of the court officials for permission not to defile himself.

And at Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the administration of the province of Babylon. Daniel himself served in the king's court.

Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the other supervisors and the satraps, for he had an extraordinary spirit. In fact, the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom.

"Then the king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every deity and he will utter presumptuous things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must occur.

He will not respect the gods of his fathers -- not even the god loved by women. He will not respect any god; he will elevate himself above them all.

Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!

Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the Lord, They will not find him -- he has withdrawn himself from them!

"Come on! Let's return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds!

Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yokeon her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself!

Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. He made a shelter for himself there and sat down under it in the shade to see what would happen to the city.

The one who can break through barriers will lead them out they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave. Their king will advance before them, The Lord himself will lead them.

They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty."

On that day the Lord himself will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like mighty David, and the dynasty of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them.

So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

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

Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.'

Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you.'

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 a long time,'

Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will."

So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself.

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come.

Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones.

For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her.

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

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

If David himself calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" And the large crowd was listening to him with delight.

Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him.

And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire.

When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said, "You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus."

In the same way even the chief priests -- together with the experts in the law -- were mocking him among themselves: "He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

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."

He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people.

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

Surely you're not greater than our ancestor Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock."

(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)

Then the father realized that it was the very time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he himself believed along with his entire household.

For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

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

And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."

But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret.

The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

You people are doing the deeds of your father." Then they said to Jesus, "We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself."

Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area.

Some people said, "This is the man!" while others said, "No, but he looks like him." The man himself kept insisting, "I am the one!"

But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself."

While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.

he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself.

He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself.

If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away.

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

(Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.)

Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself. They said to him, "You aren't one of his disciples too, are you?" Peter denied it: "I am not!"

After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. Now this is how he did so.

To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning 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 your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."

He kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife's knowledge; he brought only part of it and placed it at the apostles' feet.

On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.

Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed.

Then the eunuch said to Philip, "Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about -- himself or someone else?"

Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen."

yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy."

Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.