'For My Sake' in the Bible

"And you will be taken before governors and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

"He who has saved his life shall lose it; and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.

For he who wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

"and whoever receives one such child for my sake, receives me.

"And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my sake, shall many times as much, and fall heir to eternal life.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever, for my sake and the gospel's, loses his life will save it.

"I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake and the gospel's,

"You yourselves must be on your guard. They will hand you over to the courts, and you will be flogged on the synagogues; and you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, to witness to them for me.

"For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake shall save it.

"It is not for my sake," answered Jesus, "that the voice came, but for your sakes.