For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

Salt is good: but if the salt hath lost its savor, with what shall it be seasoned?

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

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

And when she hath found it, she calleth 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 meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy 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 his life, shall preserve it.

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