For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.
It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.