It is you who are the Salt of the earth; but, if the salt should lose its strength, what will you use to restore its saltiness? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown away, and trampled underfoot.

If your right eye is a snare to you, take it out and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it thrown into the Pit.

And, if your right hand is a snare to you, cut it off and throw it away. It would be best for you to lose one part of your body, and not to have the whole of it go down to the Pit.

And the disciples came and roused him. "Master," they cried, "save us; we are lost!"

Nor do people put new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are lost; but they put new wine into fresh skins, and so both are preserved."

But make your way rather to the lost sheep of Israel.

He who has found his life will lose it, while he who, for my sake, has lost his life shall find it.

And, if any one gives but a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones because he is a disciple, I tell you that he shall assuredly not lose his reward."

"I was not sent," replied Jesus, "to any one except the lost sheep of Israel."

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

So, too, it is the will of my Father who is in Heaven that not one of these lowly ones should be lost.