For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will 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 himself, or suffer loss?

Salt is good: but if the salt has lost its taste, how shall it be restored?

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

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

And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her neighbors together, 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.

It was right that we should make merry, and be glad: for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

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