耶穌又對眾人說：「若有人要跟從我，就當捨己，天天背起他的十字架來跟從我。 因為，凡要救自己生命的，必喪掉生命；凡為我喪掉生命的，必救了生命。 人若賺得全世界，卻喪了自己，賠上自己，有甚麼益處呢？ 路加福音 9:23-25
Then Jesus said to all the people that were there, ‘A person who wants to be my disciple must not think about himself. He must decide that his own life is not important. Every day he must be like someone who carries his own cross to go and die. Then he may come with me as my disciple. Whoever wants to keep his own life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me will have true life. A person could get everything in the whole world for himself. But if he loses his life, this would not be any good for him. He will have destroyed himself in the end. Luke 9:23-25