Matthew 16:25 - Revised Version 1885

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For whoever is bent on saving his [temporal] life [his comfort and security here] shall lose it [eternal life]; and whoever loses his life [his comfort and security here] for My sake shall find it [life everlasting].

American Standard Version (1901)

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Common English Bible

All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me will find them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For whoever would save his life, will lose it. But whoever will have lost his life for my sake, shall find it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

Matthew 16:25 Cross References