You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned? It is good for nothing more, except being cast out to be trodden upon by men.

but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel;

He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.

And whoever shall give one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, I tell you truly, he shall by no means lose his reward.

But he answered and said, I am not sent, except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, shall find it.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his life? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his life?

What think you? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is lost, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain, and go and seek for the lost one?

And if he finds it, I tell you truly that he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which were not lost.