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

but since he doesn't have any root in himself, he lasts for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls away.

When Jesus heard this, he left that place and went by boat to a deserted place by himself. The crowds heard of it and followed him on foot from the neighboring towns.

After dismissing the crowds, he went up on a hillside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone.

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously.

When they raised their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus all by himself.

Therefore, whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom from heaven,

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

"But if that wicked servant says to himself, "My master has been delayed,'

But they replied, "What do we care? Attend to that yourself." Then he flung the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, went outside, ran away, and hanged himself.

"He saved others but can't save himself! He is the king of Israel. Let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.

Then Jesus went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him.

So if Satan rebels against himself and is divided, he cannot stand. Indeed, his end has come.

He kept screaming night and day among the tombs and on the mountainsides, and kept cutting himself with stones.

because Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom Herod had married.

Then Jesus called the crowd to himself along with his disciples and told them, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously,

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

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

Peter followed Jesus at a distance as far as the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the servants and warming himself at the fire.

When she saw Peter warming himself, she glared at him and said, "You, too, were with Jesus from Nazareth."

In the same way, the high priests, along with the scribes, were also making fun of him among themselves. They kept saying, "He saved others, but can't save himself!

Jesus himself was about 30 years old when he began his ministry. He was (as legally calculated) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Now the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and told himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would have known who is touching him and what kind of woman she is. She's a sinner!"

Then he told all of them, "If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross every day, and follow me continuously,

What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world, but destroys himself or is lost?

But the man wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Now, if Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

So he began to think to himself, "What should I do, since I have no place to store my crops?'

That's how it is with the person who stores up treasures for himself rather than with God."

How blessed are those servants whom the master finds watching for him when he comes! I tell all of you with certainty, he himself will put on an apron, make them sit down at the table, and go around and serve them.

But if that servant says to himself, "My master is taking a long time to come back,' and begins to beat the other servants and to eat, drink, and get drunk,

That servant who knew what his master wanted but didn't prepare himself or do what was wanted will receive a severe beating.

Because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

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

"Then the servant manager told himself, "What should I do? My master is taking my position away from me. I'm not strong enough to plow, and I'm ashamed to beg.

For a while the judge refused. But later, he told himself, "I don't fear God or respect people,

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, "O God, I thank you that I'm not like other people thieves, dishonest people, adulterers, or even this tax collector.

I tell you, this man, rather than the other one, went down to his home justified, because everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the person who humbles himself will be exalted."

Because David himself in the book of Psalms says, "The Lord told my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. The leaders were mocking him by saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is the Messiah of God, the chosen one!"

While they were discussing and analyzing what had happened, Jesus himself approached and began to walk with them,

Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them all the passages of Scripture about himself.

While they were all talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and told them, "Peace be with you."

He spoke openly and, remaining true to himself, admitted, "I am not the Messiah."

Jesus, however, did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people

and didn't need anyone to tell him what people were like, because he himself knew what was in every person.

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

Then the father realized that this was the very hour when Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." So he himself believed, along with his whole family.

So the Jewish leaders were trying all the harder to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

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

Moreover, the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen what he looks like,

Jesus said this to test him, because he himself knew what he was going to do.

Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, withdrew again to the hillside by himself.

But Jesus, knowing within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, asked them, "Does this offend you?

But after his brothers had gone up to the festival, he went up himself, not openly but, as it were, in secret.

So the Jewish leaders were asking, "He isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, "You cannot come where I'm going'?"

You are doing your father's actions." They told him, "We're not illegitimate children. We have one Father, God himself."

At this, they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the Temple.

Some were saying, "It's him," while others were saying, "No, but it's someone like him." But he himself kept saying, "It's me!"

But we don't know how it is that he now sees, and we don't know who opened his eyes. Ask him. He is of age and can speak for himself."

because I haven't spoken on my own authority. Instead, the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and how to speak.

Jesus told him, "Whoever has bathed is entirely clean. He doesn't need to wash himself further, except for his feet. And you men are clean, though not all of you."

If God has been glorified by him, God himself also will glorify the Son of Man, and he will do so quickly.

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

Meanwhile, the servants and officers were standing around a charcoal fire they had built and were warming themselves because it was cold. Peter was also standing with them, keeping himself warm.

Meanwhile, Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Some people asked him, "You aren't one of his disciples, too, are you?" He denied it by saying, "I am not!"

The Jewish leaders answered Pilate, "We have a law, and according to that Law he must die because he made himself out to be the Son of God."

Carrying the cross all by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha.

Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. This is what happened:

This was now the third time that Jesus revealed himself to the disciples after he had been raised from the dead.

After he had suffered, he had shown himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during a period of 40 days and telling them about the kingdom of God.

For this promise belongs to you and your children, as well as to all those who are distant, whom the Lord our God may call to himself."

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

On their second trip, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph introduced his family to Pharaoh.

The next day, he presented himself to some of them while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them. He said, "Men, you are brothers. Why should you be hurting another?'

The eunuch asked Philip, "I ask you, who is the prophet talking about? Himself? Or someone else?"

But Philip found himself at Azotus. As he was passing through that region, he kept proclaiming the good news in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

Then Peter came to himself and said, "Now I'm sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting!"

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors wide open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, since he thought the prisoners had escaped.

and he isn't served by people as if he needed anything. He himself gives everyone life, breath, and everything else.

But when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself entirely to the word as he emphatically assured the Jews that Jesus is the Messiah.

Then he sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he himself stayed in Asia a while longer.

In every way I showed you that by working hard like this we should help the weak and remember the words that the Lord Jesus himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Then Paul took those men and the next day purified himself with them. Then he went into the Temple to announce the time when their days of purification would end and when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them.

Festus replied that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea and that he himself would be going there soon.

I answered them that it was not the Roman custom to sentence a man to be punished until the accused met his accusers face to face and had an opportunity to defend himself against the charge.

When we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God himself has made it plain to them.

He wanted to demonstrate at the present time that he himself is righteous and that he justifies anyone who has the faithfulness of Jesus.

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

In the same way, the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, since we do not know how to pray as we should. But the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words,

Therefore, God's choice does not depend on a person's will or effort, but on God himself, who shows mercy.

For none of us lives for himself, and no one dies for himself.

Consequently, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

As for the faith you do have, have it as your own conviction before God. How blessed is the person who has no reason to condemn himself because of what he approves!

For even the Messiah did not please himself. Instead, as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me."

If his work is burned up, he will suffer loss. However, he himself will be saved, but it will be like going through fire.

Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in the ways of this world, he must become a fool to become really wise.

You know that the person who unites himself with a prostitute becomes one body with her, don't you? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

But the person who unites himself with the Lord becomes one spirit with him.