If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. (Luk 9:23)
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it. (Luk 9:24)
What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit themselves? (Luk 9:25)
Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. (Luk 14:27)
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. (Gal 2:19-20)