'Themselves' in the Bible

Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this, who even forgives sins?"