Luke 9:23-25 Then he told all of them, “If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross every day, and follow me continuously,

ISV⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ Then he told all of them, “If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross every day, and follow me continuously, ²⁴ because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. ²⁵ What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world, but destroys himself or is lost?