34 And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, »If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels will save it.
36 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
37 Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
38 For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.«