²⁴ For whoever would preserve his life and save it will lose and destroy it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he will preserve and save it [^[a]from the penalty of eternal death].

²⁵ For what does it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and ruins or forfeits (loses) himself?

²⁶ Because whoever is ashamed of Me and of My teachings, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in the [^[b]threefold] glory (the splendor and majesty) of Himself and of the Father and of the holy angels.