^24 (A)For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

^26 (A)“If anyone comes to Me ^(B)and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, ^(C)yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.

^25 (A)He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

³³ So likewise, whoever of you ^(A)does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

¹¹ And ^(A)they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, ^(B)and they did not love their lives to the death.

²⁴ And those who are Christ’s ^(A)have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.