Luke 9:23-25 Then He said to everyone: “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me.

WPNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ Then He said to everyone: “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross, and follow me. ²⁴ Because whoever desires to ‘save’ his life will lose it, but whoever ‘loses’ his life for my sake, he will save it. ²⁵ Further, what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, yet wastes or forfeits his very self?