to have himself registered together with Mary, who was betrothed to him and was with child.

On another occasion, when He was in one of the towns, there was a man there covered with leprosy, who, seeing Jesus, threw himself at His feet and implored Him, saying, "Sir, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean."

but Jesus Himself constantly withdrew into the Desert and there prayed.

Noticing this, the Pharisee, His host, said to himself, "This man, if he were really a Prophet, would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching him--and would know that she is an immoral woman."

So they came and woke Him, crying, "Rabbi, Rabbi, we are drowning." Then He roused Himself and rebuked the wind and the surging of the water, and they ceased and there was a calm.

Just then there came a man named Jair, a Warden of the Synagogue, who threw himself at the feet of Jesus, and entreated Him to come to his house;

One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present; and He asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"

After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which He Himself intended to visit.

But he, desiring to justify himself, said, "But what is meant by my 'fellow man'?"

"I tell you that even if he will not rise and give him the loaves because he is his friend, at any rate because of his persistency he will rouse himself and give him as many as he requires.

And if Satan really has engaged in fierce conflict with himself, how shall his kingdom stand?--because you say that I expel demons by the power of Baal-zebul.

and he debated within himself, saying, "'What am I to do? for I have no place in which to store my crops.'

"And he said to himself, "'This is what I will do: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and in them I will store up all my harvest and my wealth;

"So is it with him who amasses treasure for himself, but has no riches in God."

For whoever uplifts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be uplifted.

Just as no one of you who does not detach himself from all that belongs to him can be a disciple of mine.

So he went and hired himself to one of the inhabitants of that country, who sent him on to his farm to tend swine;

"But on coming to himself he said, "'How many of my father's hired men have more bread than they want, while I here am dying of hunger!

"Then the steward said within himself, "'What am I to do? For my master is taking away the stewardship from me. I am not strong enough for field labour: to beg, I should be ashamed.

"There was once a rich man who habitually arrayed himself in purple and fine linen, and enjoyed a splendid banquet every day,

and he threw himself at the feet of Jesus, thanking Him. He was a Samaritan.

"For a time he would not, but afterwards he said to himself, "'Though I have neither reverence for God nor respect for man,

The Pharisee, standing erect, prayed as follows by himself: "'O God, I thank Thee that I am not like other people--I am not a thief nor a cheat nor an adulterer, nor do I even resemble this tax-gatherer.

"I tell you that this man went home more thoroughly absolved from guilt than the other; for every one who uplifts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be uplifted."

Why, David himself says in the Book of Psalms, "'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand

"David himself therefore calls Him Lord, and how can He be his son?"

But He Himself withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and knelt down and prayed repeatedly, saying,

"We have found this man," they said, "an agitator among our nation, forbidding the payment of tribute to Caesar, and claiming to be himself an anointed king."

and the people stood looking on. The Rulers, too, repeatedly uttered their bitter taunts. "This fellow," they said, "saved others: let him save himself, if he is God's Anointed, the Chosen One."

and, in the midst of their conversation and discussion, Jesus Himself came and joined them,

Thereupon some of our party went to the tomb and found things just as the women had said; but Jesus Himself they did not see."

And, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them the passages in Scripture which refer to Himself.

While they were thus talking, He Himself stood in their midst and said, "Peace be to you!"