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Mark 8:35

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8:35For whoever wants to save his life55 will lose it,56 but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

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Footnotes

  1. 55 Or “soul” (throughout vv. 35–37).
  2. 56 The point of the saying whoever wants to save his life will lose it is that if one comes to Jesus then rejection by many will certainly follow. If self-protection is a key motivation, then one will not respond to Jesus and will not be saved. One who is willing to risk rejection will respond and find true life.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King 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.