 Jesus said in Luke 9, 23 and following, then he said to the crowd, if any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life, you're going to lose it. If you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world? But are yourself lost forever?