Self-Denial: Christ Set an Example of

Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. …

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”

Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, …