Luke 9:24

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

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In The King James Version

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

In Context

23Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

25What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard,

John 12:25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Hebrews 11:35Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

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.

Matthew Henry on Luke 9:19-28

Peter's Enlightened Testimony;Self-Denial Enjoined. 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? 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. 20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer… Read the whole commentary →

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