Matthew 16:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
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“For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Matthew 16:25 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 4:14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
- Esther 4:16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
- Ecclesiastes 3:6a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,
- Matthew 10:39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- Mark 8:35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
- Luke 17:33Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
- John 12:25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- Acts 20:23I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
- Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).