Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to destroy it?"

When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him Jewish elders, asking him to come and save his servant.

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

For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men?s lives, but to save them." And they went to another village.

"When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe.

He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'

Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.

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

The people stood watching. The rulers also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Messiah of God, his Chosen One."

and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself."

One of the criminals who hung there insulted him, saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us."