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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.
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s shall save it.
For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake and the gospel’s will save it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God].
For whoever wants to save his [higher, spiritual, eternal] life, will lose it [the lower, natural, temporal life which is lived only on earth]; and whoever gives up his life [which is lived only on earth] for My sake and the Gospel’s will save it [his higher, spiritual life in the eternal kingdom of God].
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.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.
All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me and because of the good news will save them.
For whoever wants to save his own life will destroy it, but whoever destroys his life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will save it.
If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me and for the good news, you will save it.
For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it. But whoever will lose his life for the sake of Me and the good-news will save it.
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel, shall save it.
Any of you who try to save the life you have will lose it. But you who give up your life for me and for the Good News will save it.
Whoever wants to keep his own life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me and God's good news will have true life.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
Those who want to save their lives will ·give up true life [L lose their life/soul; C Greek psychē can mean “life” or “soul,” producing this play on words]. But those who ·give up [lose; sacrifice] their lives for ·me [my sake] and for the ·Good News [Gospel] will ·have true life [save their lives/souls].
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospel’s, he shall save it.
Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me and for the Good News will save them.
For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for me and for the gospel, you will save it.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it.
Whoever wants to save his life will give up true life. But whoever gives up his life for me and for the Good News will have true life forever.
because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
Then he called his disciples and the people around him, and said to them, “If anyone wants to follow in my footsteps, he must give up all right to himself, take up his cross and follow me. The man who tries to save his life will lose it; it is the man who loses his life for my sake and the Gospel’s who will save it. What good can it do a man to gain the whole world at the price of his own soul? What can a man offer to buy back his soul once he has lost it? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this unfaithful and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the Father’s glory with the holy angels around him.”
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.
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.
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.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me and of the gospel will save it.
If you insist on saving your life, you will lose it. Only those who throw away their lives for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know what it means to really live.
Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for?
For whoever would save his life will lose it. But whoever would lose his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
For whoever wishes to save · his life will lose it, but whoever will lose · his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.
Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me and for the Good News will save them.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of the gospel will save it.
Those who want to save their lives will give up true life. But those who give up their lives for me and for the Good News will have true life.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and because of the gospel will save it.
Whoever wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever loses their life for me and for the good news will save it.
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
If anyone wants to keep his own life safe, he will lose it. If anyone gives up his life because of Me and because of the Good News, he will save it.
If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.
For whoever would save his life, will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of the gospel, shall save it.
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
Yes: if you want to save your life, you’ll lose it; but if you lose your life because of me and the message you’ll save it.
For whoever wishes to save his nefesh will lose it; but whoever loses his nefesh for my sake and for the sake of the Besuras HaGeulah will save it.
“For whoever will save his life, shall lose it. But whoever shall lose his life, for My sake, and the Gospel’s, shall save it.
For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
For any one of you who wants to be rescued will lose your life, but any one of you who loses your life for My sake and for the sake of this good news will be liberated.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
Anyone who tries to keep his life will lose it. And anyone who gives up his life for my sake and for the sake of the good news will find it.
For he that will make safe his life, shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for me, and for the gospel, shall make it safe. [Soothly who so will make his soul, that is, his life, safe, he shall lose it; forsooth he that shall lose his soul, that is, his life, for me and the gospel, shall make it safe.]
for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;
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