For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall save it.

For what will it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and destroy himself, or be lost?

What man of you that has a hundred sheep, and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which is lost, till he find it?

And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, and says to them., Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.

Or, what woman that has ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search carefully till she find it?

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma that I lost.

for this my son was dead, and is alive again: he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

But it became us to make merry and rejoice; for this your brother was dead, and is alive again: was lost, and is found.

Whoever will seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life, shall save it.

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