Mark 8:35

For, 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.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.

In Context

34And Jesus called the multitude, together with his disciples, and said to them: Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and come after me.

36For, what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his life?

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated by every one, on account of my name. But he that shall endure to the end, shall have life.

Matthew 16:25For, whoever chooseth to preserve his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and repel you, and revile you, and cast out your names as base, for the Son of man's sake.

Luke 17:33He that desireth to preserve his life, will lose it; and he that will lose his life, shall preserve it.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:28-38

Peter's Enlightened Testimony; Peter Rebuked. 27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cæsarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 31 And he began to teach them, that the… Read the whole commentary →

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