For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?

Salt therefore is good: but if even the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?

And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.

Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she find it?

And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I had 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 was meet to make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.

Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life'shall preserve it.

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