Mark 8:35

For whoever would save his life shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, shall save it.

Revised King James New Testament

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 when he had called the people to him, with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

36For what does it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

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Cross References

Matthew 10:22And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Matthew 16:25For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it: and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it.

Luke 6:22Blessed are you, when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and insult you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

Luke 17:33Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever shall 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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