Luke 17:33
Whoever seeketh to make his life safe, shall lose it; and whoever loseth it, shall quicken it, (or and whoever loseth it, shall save it, or shall preserve it).
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
32Be ye mindful of the wife of Lot. (Remember Lot’s wife.)
Cross References
Matthew 10:39He that findeth his life, shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for me, shall find it.
Mark 8:35For he that will make safe his life, shall lose it, [or Soothly whoso (ever) will make his soul, that is, his life, safe, shall lose it]; and he that loseth his life for me, and for the gospel, shall make it safe. (For he who will save his life, shall lose it; and he who loseth his life for me, and for the Gospel or the Good News, shall save it.)
John 12:25He that loveth his life, shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, keepeth it into everlasting life (or keepeth it safe 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 →