Luke 17:33 - English Majority Text Version 2009

³³ Whoever seeks to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life shall preserve it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³³ Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³³ Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve and quicken it.

American Standard Version (1901)

³³ Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

Common English Bible

³³ Whoever tries to preserve their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life will preserve it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³³ Whoever has sought to save his life, will lose it; and whoever has lost it, will bring it back to life.

Luke 17:33 Cross References

Matthew 10:39

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Matthew 16:25

For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of Me shall find it.

Luke 17:34

I say to you, in that night two shall be on one bed: one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

John 12:25

He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.

Revelation 2:10

Fear none of those things which you are about to suffer. Behold indeed, the devil is about to cast [some] of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.