but go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.

And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will never lose his reward."

But he answered [and] said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me will find it.

And [when] {his family} heard [this], they went out to restrain him, for they were saying, "He has lost his mind!"

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me and of the gospel will save it.

For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in [my] name because you are Christ's, truly I say to you that he will never lose his reward.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me, this person will save it.

"What man of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the grassland and go after the one that was lost until he finds it?

And [when he] returns to [his] home, he calls together [his] friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!'

And [when she] has found [it], she calls together [her] friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found the drachma that I had lost!'

because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again! He was lost and is found!' And they began to celebrate.

But it was necessary to celebrate and to rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead, and is alive, and was lost, and is found!'"

Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses [it] will keep it.

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save those who are lost."

And when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Gather the remaining fragments so that nothing is lost."

Now this is the will of the one who sent me: that everyone whom he has given me, I would not lose [any] of them, but raise them up on the last day.

in order that the word that he had spoken would be fulfilled: "Those whom you have given to me--I have not lost anyone of them."

And [because] I was at a loss with regard to the investigation concerning these [things], I asked if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and to be judged there concerning these [things].

saying to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyage is going {to end} with disaster and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives!"

And [because] many were experiencing lack of appetite, at that time Paul stood up in their midst [and] said, "Men, [you] ought to have followed my [advice] not to put out to sea from Crete, and [thus] avoided this damage and loss!

And now I urge you to cheer up, for there will be no loss of life from among you, but only of the ship.

Therefore I urge you to take [some] food, for this is necessary for your preservation. For not a hair from your head will be lost."

And if their trespass [means] riches for the world and their loss [means] riches for the Gentiles, how much more [will] their fullness [mean]?

If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire.

Therefore it is already completely a loss for you that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

Because of this, [since we] have this ministry, just as we have been shown mercy, we do not lose heart,

Therefore we do not lose heart, but even if our outer person is being destroyed, yet our inner [person] is being renewed day after day.

now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved according to [the will of] God, so that you suffered loss in no way through us.

But whatever [things] were gain to me, these [things] I have considered loss because of Christ.

{More than that}, even consider all [things] to be loss because of the surpassing greatness of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom I have suffered the loss of all [things], and consider [them] dung, in order that I may gain Christ

But if in anything he has caused you loss or owes [you anything], {charge this to my account}.

For the sun rises with its burning heat and dries up the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is lost. So also the rich person in his pursuits will wither away.

Therefore, dear friends, [because you] know [this] beforehand, guard yourselves so that you do not lose your own safe position [because you] have been led away by the error of lawless persons.

Watch yourselves that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.