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

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first. So shall it also be with this wicked generation."

yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. And when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

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

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'

Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know the man." And immediately the rooster crowed.

Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.

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

And when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself also become a disciple of Jesus.

And he went up on the mountain, and called to him those he himself wanted. And they came to him.

So he called them to himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?

And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but is coming to an end.

and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how.

Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that power had gone out from him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.

And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

But Jesus called them to himself and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

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

Therefore David himself calls him 'Lord'; how is he then his son?" And the common people heard him gladly.

But Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.

And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him, and said, "You also were with the Nazarene, Jesus."

But he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, "I do not know this man of whom you speak."

So also the chief priests mocked him among themselves with the scribes, and said, "He saved others; he cannot save himself.

Josnt of Arimathea, a prominent council member, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, coming and taking courage, went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Now Jesus himself, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

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

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner."

Then he said to them all, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.

For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?

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

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

If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebub.

Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there; and the last state of that man is worse than the first."

And he thought to himself, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

Blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching when he comes. Truly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit at table, and will come and serve them.

But if that servant says to himself, 'My master is delayed in coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

And that servant who knew his master's will, and did not ready himself or do according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

So he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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

The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard man,

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank you that I am not like other menextortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Therefore he said: "A certain nobleman went into a far 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,

And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

And the people stood watching; but even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One."

But Peter arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, he saw the linen wrappings lying by themselves; and he went away, marveling to himself at what had happened.

While they talked and discussed, Jesus himself drew near and went with them.

And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he explained to them the things concerning himself in all the scriptures.

As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."

But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men,

(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),

Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his cattle?"

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

So the father knew that it was at the same hour in which Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live." And he himself believed, and all his household.

Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, the Son also does.

For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does; and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.

For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself,

And the Father who sent me has himself testified of me. You have never heard his voice, nor seen his form.

But this he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples complained about this, he said to them, "Does this offend you?

He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he who seeks the glory of the One who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood.

Then the Jews said, "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I go you cannot come'?"

So they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.

but how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself."

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said this, he departed and hid himself from them.

rose from supper, laid aside his garments, took a towel and girded himself.

If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.

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

Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

Now Simon Peter stood warming himself. Therefore they said to him, "You are not also one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not."

The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

From then on Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, "If you let this man go, you are not Caesar's friend. Anyone who makes himself a king sets himself against Caesar."

After this Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way he showed himself:

Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and threw himself into the sea.

To these he also presented himself alive after his suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

For David did not ascend into heaven, but he says himself: '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 off, for all whom the Lord our God will call to himself."

and with his wife's full knowledge he kept back some of the money for himself, and brought only a part and laid it at the apostles' feet.

At the second visit Josnt made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family was made known to Pharaoh.

Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed.

And the eunuch said to Philip, "Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?"

But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

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

yet he did not leave himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness."

When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything.

When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.