He finding his soul shall lose it; and he having lost his soul for my sake shall find it.

And whoever should give to drink one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

Verily I say to you, in the begotten of women has there not risen a greater than John the Immerser; but the less in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

Which truly is less than all seeds; but when it has grown, it is greater than vegetables, and becomes a tree, so that the flying things of heaven come and lodge in its young shoots.

For whoever should wish to save his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose his soul for my sake shall find it.

And his disciples seeing, felt pain, saying, For what this loss?

And he said to them, Much less the light comes that it be set under a bushel, or under a bed; that it be not set upon a candlestick.

For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever should lose his life for my sake and the good news, the same shall save it.

For whoever should give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are of Christ, verily I say to you, he should not lose his reward.

And there were some displeased in themselves, and saying, For what has been the loss of this perfumed oil?

For I say to you, Among the begotten of women none is a greater prophet than John the Immerser; and the less in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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.

And he said to them, Whoever should receive this child in my name receives me: and whoever should receive me, receives him having sent me: for he being less among you all, the same shall be great.

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?

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;

He loving his soul shall lose it; but he hating his soul in this world, shall guard it for life eternal.

Pilate answered, Much less am I a Jew; thy nation and the chief priests have delivered thee to me: What didst thou?

Much less can any hinder water, for these not to be immersed, who received the Holy Spirit as also we?

And having sailed over the sea by Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came down to Myra, of Lycia.

And, with difficulty sailing by it, we came to a certain place called The fair havens; to which the city Lasea was near.

It was said to her, That the greater shall serve the less.

And what we think to be less honourable of the body, upon these we put more abundant honour; and our unseemly parts have more abundant decorum.

Therefore I resolved this, much less did I use levity: or what I resolve, do I resolve according to the flesh, that there be with me yea, yea, and nay, nay

For this, having this service, as we were compassionated, we lose not courage;

Being pressed in every thing, but not straightened; being at a loss, but not utterly perplexed;

Wherefore we lose not courage; but if also our man without is destroyed, but he within is renewed day and day.

And I very willingly will expend and be expended for your souls; if also loving you more abundantly, the less I should be loved.

Wherefore I desire not to lose courage in my pressures for you, which is your glory.

But what things were gain to me, these I have thought loss for Christ.

But surely, I also think all things to be loss for the superiority of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have been made to lose all things, and I think to be offscourings, that I shall gain Christ,

And ye, brethren, lose not courage doing good.

Let not a widow be chosen less than sixty years, having been wife of one man,

Thou didst render him some little while less than angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst place him over the work of thine hands:

But we see Jesus, made some little while less than angels by the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; so that by the grace of God he should taste of death for all.

And without all controversy the less is praised of the better.

Much less from the same aperture does a fountain bubble out sweet and bitter?