No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.

In fulfillment of these words in the Prophet Isaiah--'He took our infirmities on himself, and bore the burden of our diseases.'

And--if you are ready to accept it--John is himself the Elijah who was destined to come.

So, if Satan drives Satan out, he must be divided against himself; and how, then, can his kingdom last?

After dismissing the crowds, he went up the hill by himself to pray; and, when evening fell, he was there alone.

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

Therefore, any one who will humble himself like this child-- that man shall be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Thereupon the servant threw himself down on the ground before him and said 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.'

Thereupon his fellow-servant threw himself on the ground and begged for mercy. 'Have patience with me,' he said, 'and I will pay you.'

So that they are no longer two, but one. What God himself, then, has yoked together man must not separate."

They led the ass and the foal back, and, when they had put their cloaks on them, he seated himself upon them.

Whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.

But about that Day and Hour, no one knows--not even the angels of Heaven, nor yet the Son--but only the Father himself.

But, should he be a bad servant, and say to himself 'My master is a long time in coming,'

Going on a little further, he threw himself on his face in prayer. "My Father," he said, "if it is possible, let me be spared this cup; only, not as I will, but as thou willest."

Judas flung down the pieces of silver in the Temple, and left; and went away and hanged himself.

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

When evening had fallen, there came a rich man belonging to Ramah, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.

When suddenly a great earthquake occurred. For an angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and seated himself upon it.

So, if Satan is in revolt against himself and is divided, he cannot last--his end has come!

Night and day alike, he was continually shrieking in the tombs and among the hills, and cutting himself with stones.

And one of the Presidents of the Synagogue, whose name was Jaeirus, came and, as soon as he saw Jesus, threw himself at his feet with repeated entreaties.

For Herod himself had sent and arrested John, and put him in prison, in chains, to please Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because Herod had married her.

Immediately afterwards Jesus made his disciples get into the boat, and cross over in advance, in the direction of Bethsaida, while he himself was dismissing the crowd.

What God himself, then, has yoked together man must not separate."

And, as Jesus was resuming his journey, a man came running up to him, and threw himself on his knees before him. "Good Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to gain Immortal Life?"

Then they brought the foal to Jesus, and, when they had laid their cloaks on it, he seated himself upon it.

David said himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit-- 'The Lord said to my lord: "Sit at my right hand, Until I put thy enemies beneath thy feet.'"

David himself calls him 'lord,' how comes it, then, that he is to be his son?" The mass of the people listened to Jesus with delight.

He will himself show you a large upstairs room, set out ready; and there make preparations for us."

Going on a little further, he threw himself on the ground, and began to pray that, if it were possible, he might be spared that hour.

Peter, who had followed Jesus at a distance into the court- yard of the High Priest, was sitting there among the police- officers, warming himself at the blaze of the fire.

And, seeing Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him, and exclaimed: "Why, you were with Jesus, the Nazarene!"

"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Let the Christ, the 'King of Israel,' come down from the cross now, that we may see it and believe." Even the men who had been crucified with Jesus reviled him.

Joseph from Ramah, a Councillor of good position, who was himself living in expectation of the Kingdom of God, came and ventured to go in to see Pilate, and to ask for the body of Jesus.

Afterwards, altered in appearance, he made himself known to two of them, as they were walking, on their way into the country.

Later on, he made himself known to the Eleven themselves as they were at a meal, and reproached them with their want of faith and their stubbornness, because they did not believe those who had seen him after he had risen from the dead.

Simeon himself took the child in his arms, and blessed God, and said:

However he went down with them to Nazareth, and submitted himself to their control; and his mother treasured all that was said in her heart.

When Simon Peter saw this, he threw himself down at Jesus' knees, exclaiming: "Master, leave me, for I am a sinful man!"

On one occasion Jesus was staying in a town, when he saw a man who was covered with leprosy. When the leper saw Jesus, he threw himself on his face and implored his help: "Master, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

"For he is devoted to our nation, and himself built our Synagogue for us."

When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself: "Had this man been 'The Prophet,' he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is who is touching him, and that she is an outcast."

Catching sight of Jesus, he shrieked out and threw himself down before him, and in a loud voice exclaimed: "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you not to torment me."

And a man named Jaeirus, who was a President of the Synagogue, came to Jesus, and threw himself at Jesus' feet, with entreaties that he would come to his house,

But Herod himself said: "John I beheaded; but who is this of whom I hear such things?" And he endeavored to see him.

What good does it do a man if, when he has gained the whole world, he has lost or forfeited himself?

After this, the Master appointed seventy-two other disciples, and sent them on as his Messengers, two and two, in advance, to every town and place that he was himself intending to visit.

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

Now which, do you think, of these three men," asked Jesus, "proved himself a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?"

I tell you that, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is a friend, yet because of his persistence he will rouse himself and give him what he wants.

Jesus himself, however, was aware of what they were thinking, and said to them: "Any kingdom wholly divided against itself becomes a desolation; and a divided house falls.

So, too, if Satan is wholly divided against himself, how can his kingdom last? Yet you say that I drive out demons by the help of Baal-zebub.

Meanwhile the people had gathered in thousands, so that they trod upon one another, when Jesus, addressing himself to his disciples, began by saying to them: "Be on your guard against the leaven--that is, the hypocrisy--of the Pharisees.

And he began to ask himself 'What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?

Happy are those servants whom, on his return, the Master will find watching. I tell you that he will make himself ready, and bid them take their places at table, and will come and wait upon them.

But should that servant say to himself 'My master is a long time coming,' and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk,

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

So he went and engaged himself to one of the people of that country, who sent him into his fields to tend pigs.

But, when he came to himself, he said 'How many of my father's hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!

'What am I to do,' the steward asked himself, 'now that my master is taking the steward's place away from me? I have not strength to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.

No servant can serve two masters, for, either he will hate one and love the other, or else he will attach himself to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money."

And threw himself on his face at Jesus' feet, thanking him for what he had done; and this man was a Samaritan.

It will be the same on the day on which the Son of Man reveals himself.

For a time the judge refused, but afterwards he said to himself 'Although I am without fear of God or regard for man,

The Pharisee stood forward and began praying to himself in this way--'O God, I thank thee that I am not like other men-- thieves, rogues, adulterers--or even like this tax-gatherer.

This man, I tell you, went home pardoned, rather than the other; for every one who exalts himself will be humbled, while every one who humbles himself shall be exalted."

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

But, when they had lit a fire in the center of the court-yard and had all sat down there, Peter seated himself in the middle of them.

And they began to accuse him: "This is a man whom we found misleading our people, preventing them from paying taxes to the Emperor, and giving out that he himself is 'Christ, a King.'"

And, having satisfied himself that Jesus came under Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who also was at Jerusalem at the time.

Meanwhile the people stood looking on. Even the leading men said with a sneer: "He saved others, let him save himself, if he is God's Christ, his Chosen One."

[But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping down he saw nothing but the linen wrappings, and he went away, wondering to himself at what had taken place.]

While they were talking about these things and discussing them, Jesus himself came up and went on their way with them;

Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them all through the Scriptures the passages that referred to himself.

While they were still talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, [and said "Peace be with you."]

Jesus himself, too, with his disciples, was invited to the wedding.

But Jesus did not trust himself to them, since he could read every heart,

And because he did not need that others should tell him what men were; for he could of himself read what was in men.

No one has ascended to Heaven, except him who descended from Heaven--the Son of Man himself.

(Though it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),

Surely you are not greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle!"

But far more came to believe in him on account of what he said himself,

For he himself declared that 'a Prophet is not honored in his own country.'

By this the father knew that it was at the very time when Jesus had said to him 'Your son is living'; and he himself, with all his household, believed in Jesus.

This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.

So Jesus made this further reply: "In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.

The Father himself does not judge any man, but has 'entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,'

The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;

He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he meant to do.

Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for Immortal Life, which the Son of Man will give you; for upon him the Father--God himself--has set the seal of his approval."

The man who speaks on his own authority seeks honor for himself; but the man who seeks the honor of him that sent him is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.

"Is he going to kill himself," the Jews exclaimed, "that he says-- 'You cannot go where I am going'?"

You are doing what your own father does." "We are not bastards," they said, "we have one Father--God himself."

At this they took up stones to throw at him; but Jesus hid himself, and left the Temple Courts.

"Yes," some said, "it is"; while others said: "No, but he is like him." The man himself said: "I am he."

But how it is that he can see now we do not know; nor do we know who it was that gave him his sight. Ask him--he is old enough- -he will tell you about himself."

Having found a young ass, Jesus seated himself on it, in accordance with the passage of Scripture--

While you still have the Light, believe in the Light, that you may be 'Sons of Light.'" After he had said this, Jesus went away, and hid himself from them.

For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.