For whoever would wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whoever should lose his soul for my sake, the same shall save it.

For what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost himself, or having been damaged?

What man of you, having one hundred. sheep, and having lost one of them, leaves not the ninety-nine in the desert, and goes for the one lost, till he find it

And having come into the house, he calls together friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me: for I have found my lost sheep.

Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, lights not a lamp, and sweeps the house, and seeks diligently till she should find?

And having found, she calls together female friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me; for I found the drachma which I lost.

For this my son was dead, and has returned to life; and he was lost, and found. And they began to be gladdened.

And to be gladdened, and to rejoice, was fitting: for this thy brother was dead, and has returned to life; and he was lost, and found.

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

And he spake to them a parable, that they must always pray, and not lose courage;

For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost.