'Life' in the Bible

Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?"

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

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

Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?'

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing.

And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life?

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

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

Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

who will not receive many times more in this age -- and in the age to come, eternal life."

"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.