Matthew 16: 24 19 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, 20 take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 21 26 What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life? 27 22 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone according to his conduct.
This is one of the core messages of the Gospel.
Excellent! BTW, what version of the Bible are you using? Just curious :-)
The NAB, from the USCCB website (I find the navigation better than the identical text at the Vatican.va website). For those who I regularly post to, I normally refer to the source every once in a while. Of course, those who I don't regularly post to would not know the source.
I suppose I ought to be using the Douay-Rheims, but the online availability and the good navigation of the NAB are very tempting.
I have been attempting to follow your posts and your experiences falling away from the Church, so thank you for that.