But Joash said to all those who were attacking him, Will you take up the cause of Baal? will you be his saviour? Let anyone who will take up his cause be put to death while it is still morning: if he is a god, let him take up his cause himself because of the pulling down of his altar.
Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.
Let him be seated by himself, saying nothing, because he has put it on him.
While the disease is on him, he will be unclean. He is unclean: let him keep by himself, living outside the tent-circle.
This is the law for the man who has the disease of the leper on him, and who is not able to get that which is necessary for making himself clean.
And when a man who has a flow from his body is made clean from it, he is to take seven days to make himself clean, washing his clothing and bathing his body in flowing water, and then he will be clean.
And Aaron is to give the ox of the sin-offering for himself and take away sin from himself and his house, and put to death the ox of the sin-offering which is for himself.
And no man may be in the Tent of meeting from the time when Aaron goes in to take away sin in the holy place till he comes out, having made himself and his house and all the people of Israel free from sin.
And Aaron is to give the ox of the sin-offering for himself, to make himself and his house free from sin.
And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron, Let no man make himself unclean for the dead among his people;
He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;
And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.
But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.
He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.
And if he has no one to get it back for him, and later he himself gets wealth and has enough money to get it back;
But if he is not able to get it back for himself, then it will be kept by him who gave a price for it, till the year of Jubilee; and in that year it will go back to its first owner and he will have his property again.
And if your brother becomes poor and gives himself to you for money, do not make use of him like a servant who is your property;
And if one from another nation living among you gets wealth, and your countryman, at his side, becomes poor and gives himself for money to the man from another nation or to one of his family;
After he has given himself he has the right to be made free, for a price, by one of his brothers,
Or his father's brother, or the son of his father's brother, or any near relation; or if he gets money, he may make himself free.
And let the years be numbered from the time when he gave himself to his owner till the year of Jubilee, and the price given for him will be in relation to the number of years, on the scale of the payment of a servant.
These are the rules, decisions, and laws, which the Lord made between himself and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.
But if he has a desire to get it back for himself, let him give a fifth more than your value.
He himself is to take to the Lord the offering made by fire, even the fat with the breast, so that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord.
So Aaron came near to the altar and put to death the ox for the sin-offering for himself;
Now after these things, the Lord made selection of seventy others and sent them before him, two together, into every town and place where he himself was about to come.
But he, desiring to put himself in the right, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
If, then, Satan is at war with himself, how will he keep his kingdom? because you say that I send evil spirits out of men by the help of Beelzebul.
Then he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they go in, and take their places there: and the last condition of that man is worse than the first.
And when the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised because he came to the meal without first washing himself.
And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit.
So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.
And which of you by taking thought is able to make himself any taller?
Happy are those servants who are watching when the lord comes; truly I say to you, he will make himself their servant and, placing them at the table, he will come out and give them food.
But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.
And he went and put himself into the hands of one of the people of that country, and he sent him into his fields to give the pigs their food.
And the servant said to himself, What am I to do now that my lord takes away my position? I have not enough strength for working in the fields, and I would be shamed if I made requests for money from people in the streets.
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
I say to you, This man went back to his house with God's approval, and not the other: for everyone who makes himself high will be made low and whoever makes himself low will be made high.
Truly I say to you, Whoever does not put himself under the kingdom of God like a little child, will not come into it at all.
And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,
So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.
For David himself says in the book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Take your seat at my right hand,
And they made statements against him, saying, This man has to our knowledge been teaching our nation to do wrong, and not to make payment of taxes to Caesar, even saying that he himself is Christ, a king.
And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.
And when he saw that he was under the authority of Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was in Jerusalem himself at that time.
And while they were talking and questioning together, Jesus himself came near and went with them.
And he made clear to them all the things in the Writings, from Moses and from all the prophets, which had to do with himself.
And while they were saying these things, he himself was among them, and said to them, Peace be with you!
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