"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt lose its savor, in what way shall it be salted? It is henceforth good for nothing but to be thrown out and trodden under foot of men.

And if your eye, your right eye, entices you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.

And if your right hand entices you into sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.

"but rather be on your way to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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

"And whoever gives to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, because he is a disciple, I tell you in solemn truth, he shall not lose his reward.

In reply he said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

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

What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.