Matthew 16:25

Contemporary English Version 1995

If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

Cross References

Matthew 10:39

If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you give it up for me, you will surely find it.

Revelation 12:11

“Our people defeated Satan because of the blood of the Lamb and the message of God. They were willing to give up their lives.

Mark 8:35

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.

John 12:25

If you love your life, you will lose it. If you give it up in this world, you will be given eternal life.

Luke 17:33

People who try to save their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives will save them.

Esther 4:16

“Bring together all the Jews in Susa and tell them to go without eating for my sake! Don't eat or drink for three days and nights. My servant girls and I will do the same. Then I will go in to see the king, even if it means I must die.”

Esther 4:14

If you don't speak up now, we will somehow get help, but you and your family will be killed. It could be that you were made queen for a time like this!”

Matthew 16:26

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul?

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time for finding and losing, keeping and giving,