Luke 17:33
He that desireth to preserve his life, will lose it; and he that will lose his life, shall preserve it.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
34I tell you, that, in that night, two will be in one bed; one will be taken, and the other left.
Cross References
Matthew 10:39He that preserveth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall preserve it.
Mark 8:35For, whoever will preserve his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life on my account, and on account of my tidings, shall preserve it.
John 12:25He that loveth his life, will lose it; and he that hateth his life, in this world, will preserve it unto life everlasting.
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 →