WHOEVER WANTS TO COME AFTER ME, LET HIM RENOUNCE HIMSELF, AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS, AND FOLLOW ME: FOR WHOEVER WANTS TO SAVE HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT; AND WHOEVER LOSES HIS OWN LIFE FOR THE LOVE OF ME AND THE GOSPEL WILL SAVE IT. FOR WHAT WILL HE PROFIT A MAN IF HE GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD, AND MAKES THE LOSS OF HIS SOUL; OR WHAT WILL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL? FOR WHOEVER IS ASHAMED OF ME AND OF MY WORDS AMONG THIS ADULTEROUS AND SINFUL GENERATION, THE SON OF MAN WILL ALSO BE ASHAMED OF HIM, WHEN HE COMES IN THE GLORY OF HIS FATHER, WITH THE HOLY ANGELS.