Luke 17:33

Any man who makes it his object to keep his own life safe, will lose it; but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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.

34On that night, I tell you, there will be two men in one bed: one will be taken away and the other left behind.

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Cross References

Matthew 10:39To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.

Mark 8:35For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it.

John 12:25He who holds his life dear, is destroying it; and he who makes his life of no account in this world shall keep it to the Life of the Ages.

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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