²³ And He was saying to them all, “^(A)If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me. ²⁴ For ^(B)whoever wants to save his ^[a]life will lose it, but whoever loses his ^[b]life for My sake, this is the one who will save it. ²⁵ For what good does it do a person if he gains the whole world, but ^(C)loses or forfeits himself? ^26 (D)For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and the glory of the Father and the holy angels.

³⁴ I am giving you a ^(A)new commandment, ^(B)that you love one another; ^(C)just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ^35 (D)By this all people will know that you are My disciples: if you have love for one another.”

⁴ Love ^(A)is patient, love is kind, it ^(B)is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not ^(C)arrogant. ⁵ It does not act disgracefully, it ^(D)does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, ^(E)does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, ^6 (F)it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but ^(G)rejoices with the truth; ⁷ it ^[a](H)keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

⁸ Love never fails; but if there are gifts of ^[b](I)prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are ^(J)tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

⁸ Above all, ^(A)keep fervent in your love for one another, because ^(B)love covers a multitude of sins.