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.