Luke 9:15-25
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15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
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16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
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17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
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18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
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19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
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20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.
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21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
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22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
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23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
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24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
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25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?