When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch."

Simon answered, "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will lower the nets."

"I tell you that among all of women born there is not one greater than John. Yet one who is of lower rank in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.

For whoever chooses to save his lower life will lose his higher life, but whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will save his higher life.

Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

but the Publican, who stood a good way lower, not daring to lift up even his eyes to heaven, only smote his breast, and said, O God, be merciful to me, who am a sinner.

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.