Matthew 10:39 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

³⁹ He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ Whoever finds his [lower] life will lose it [the higher life], and whoever loses his [lower] life on My account will find it [the higher life].

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Common English Bible

³⁹ Those who find their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives because of me will find them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ Whoever finds his life, will lose it. And whoever will have lost his life because of me, shall find it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.

Matthew 10:39 Cross References

Luke 17:33

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

Luke 9:24

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

John 12:25

He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Revelation 2:10

Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.