for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;

for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?

'What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it?

and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one.

'Or what woman having ten drachms, if she may lose one drachm, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till that she may find?

and having found, she doth call together the female friends and the neighbours, saying, Rejoice with me, for I found the drachm that I lost.

because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry.

but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

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

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'