And the devil answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give as a ransom for his life.

And will you seek great things for yourself? Seek [them] not. For behold, I bring evil upon all flesh, says the Lord; but I will give [to you] your life for a prize in every place that you go.

"Because of this I say to you, do not worry [about] your life--what you shall eat, or what you shall drink--nor [about] your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food and the body [more than] clothing?

For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give [as] an exchange for his soul?

Let the [one] on the housetop not go down to take the things out of his house.

But woe to those [women] who are pregnant, and to the [women] nursing a baby in those days!

For then there shall be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor by any means shall be.

"So whenever you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where he must not"--he who reads, let him understand--"then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

And let him who is in the field not return to the things behind, to take his garment.

But such things as were gain to me, these I have considered loss for the sake of Christ.

More than that I also consider all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ