For whoever wishes to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall save it.

Salt, therefore, is good; but if the salt has lost its strength, with what shall it be seasoned?

What man of you having a hundred sheep, and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the lost sheep till he finds it.

and coming to the house, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying, Congratulate me; for I have found my sheep that was lost.

And when she finds it, she calls her female friends and neighbors together, saying, Congratulate me, for I have found the drachma which I lost.

for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to rejoice.

We ought also to rejoice and be glad; for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

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

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