Luke 17:33
"Whoever seeks to keep his life shall lose it; but whoever loses it shall preserve it.
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Matthew 10:39"He who has saved his life shall lose it; and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.
Mark 8:35For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever, for my sake and the gospel’s, loses his life will save it.
John 12:25He who loves his life loses it; and he who regards not his life in this world shall keep it for 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 →