Luke 9:24
“For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: but whosoeuer will lose his life for my sake, the same shall saue it.”
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Luke 9:24 Context
22Saying, The Sonne of man must suffer many things, and be reiected of the Elders, and chiefe Priests, and Scribes, and be slaine, and be raised the third day. 23¶ And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him denie himselfe, and take vp his crosse daily, and follow me. 24For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: but whosoeuer will lose his life for my sake, the same shall saue it. 25For what is a man aduantaged, if hee gaine the whole world, and lose himselfe, or be cast away? 26For whosoeuer shall bee ashamed of me, and of my wordes, of him shall the Sonne of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his owne glory, and in his Fathers, and of the holy Angels.
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For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
- King James Version
"For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)