Luke 17:33

Whosoever may seek to save his soul shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose it shall find it.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

In Context

32Remember Lot's wife.

34I say unto you, on that night two men shall be on one bed; the one shall be taken and the other left.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:39The one having found his soul shall lose it; and the one losing his soul for my sake shall find it.

Mark 8:35For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his soul for my sake and that of the gospel shall save it.

John 12:25The one loving his soul shall lose it; but the one that hateth his soul in this world will preserve it unto eternal life.

Matthew Henry on Luke 17:21-37

The Progress of Christ's Kingdom; Destruction of Jerusalem. 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: 21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not… Read the whole commentary →

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