When Herod the tetrarch heard all that was going on, he was quite at a loss; for some said that John had risen from the dead,

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it.

What profit will it be for a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?

"Which of you with a hundred sheep, if he loses one, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one till he finds it?

and when he gets home he gathers his friends and neighbours: 'Rejoice with me,' he says to them, 'for I have found the sheep I lost.'

And when she finds it she gathers her women-friends and neighbours, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the shilling I lost.'

for my son here was dead and he has come to life, he was lost and he is found.' So they began to make merry.

We could not but make merry and rejoice, for your brother here was dead and has come to life again, he was lost but he has been found.' "

Whoever tries to secure his life will lose it, and whoever loses it will preserve it.

For the Son of man has come to seek and save the lost."

Even yet they could not believe it for sheer joy; they were lost in wonder. So he said to them, "Have you any food here?"