If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

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

So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water because you bear Christ's name will never lose his reward.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

"Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it?

Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.'

Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.'

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

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.'"

Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart.

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

Now this is the will of the one who sent me -- that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day.

Many of them were saying, "He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?"

so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.)

When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, "I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me."

But they said to her, "You've lost your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, "It is his angel!"

There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing, and she whom all the province of Asia and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness."

Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.

As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly, "You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!"

But Paul replied, "I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus, but am speaking true and rational words.

"Men, I can see the voyage is going to end in disaster and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."

Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss.

And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost.

Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head."

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

If the foot says, "Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

And if the ear says, "Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things -- indeed, I regard them as dung! -- that I may gain Christ,

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.)