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And if Satan is casting out Satan, he is divided and fighting against himself. His own kingdom will not survive.

After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.

“However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.

Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hanged himself.

“He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself! So he is the King of Israel, is he? Let him come down from the cross right now, and we will believe in him!

And if Satan is divided and fights against himself, how can he stand? He would never survive.

Day and night he wandered among the burial caves and in the hills, howling and cutting himself with sharp stones.

After telling everyone good-bye, he went up into the hills by himself to pray.

For David himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.’

Since David himself called the Messiah ‘my Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?” The large crowd listened to him with great delight.

“However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows.

Meanwhile, Peter followed him at a distance and went right into the high priest’s courtyard. There he sat with the guards, warming himself by the fire.

and noticed Peter warming himself at the fire. She looked at him closely and said, “You were one of those with Jesus of Nazareth.”

The leading priests and teachers of religious law also mocked Jesus. “He saved others,” they scoffed, “but he can’t save himself!

The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened. ---------- [The most ancient manuscripts of Mark conclude with verse 16:8. Later manuscripts add one or both of the following endings.] [Shorter Ending of Mark] Then they briefly reported all this to Peter and his companions. Afterward Jesus himself sent them out from east to west with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life. Amen. [Longer Ending of Mark]

21 One day when the crowds were being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. As he was praying, the heavens opened,

When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner!”

You say I am empowered by Satan. But if Satan is divided and fighting against himself, how can his kingdom survive?

He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’

The servants who are ready and waiting for his return will be rewarded. I tell you the truth, he himself will seat them, put on an apron, and serve them as they sit and eat!

“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!

“The manager thought to himself, ‘Now what? My boss has fired me. I don’t have the strength to dig ditches, and I’m too proud to beg.

The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people,

The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: ‘I thank you, God, that I am not like other people — cheaters, sinners, adulterers. I’m certainly not like that tax collector!

Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham.

“‘What will I do?’ the owner asked himself. ‘I know! I’ll send my cherished son. Surely they will respect him.’

For David himself wrote in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand

The crowd watched and the leaders scoffed. “He saved others,” they said, “let him save himself if he is really God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

As they talked and discussed these things, Jesus himself suddenly came and began walking with them.

Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

And just as they were telling about it, Jesus himself was suddenly standing there among them. “Peace be with you,” he said.

John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light.

No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart. He has revealed God to us.

(though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them — his disciples did).

He himself had said that a prophet is not honored in his own hometown.

So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.

So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.

And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face,

When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills by himself.

No, you are imitating your real father.” They replied, “We aren’t illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father.”

but we don’t know how he can see or who healed him. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”

Not that he cared for the poor — he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself.

for the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God.

Because it was cold, the household servants and the guards had made a charcoal fire. They stood around it, warming themselves, and Peter stood with them, warming himself.

25 Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire warming himself, they asked him again, “You’re not one of his disciples, are you?” He denied it, saying, “No, I am not.”

The Jewish leaders replied, “By our law he ought to die because he called himself the Son of God.”

Then Pilate tried to release him, but the Jewish leaders shouted, “If you release this man, you are no ‘friend of Caesar.’ Anyone who declares himself a king is a rebel against Caesar.”

Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha).

“Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn’t referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us.