35. “For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for the sake of Me and the Good News, he shall save it.
36. “For what shall it profit a man if he gains all the world, and loses his own life?
37. “Or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
38. “For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinning generation, of him the Son of Aḏam also shall be ashamed when He comes in the esteem of His Father with the set-apart messengers.”