Mark 8:35

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6

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

Matthew 10:22

Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you remain faithful until the end, you will be saved.

Matthew 10:39

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

Matthew 16:25

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

Matthew 19:29

All who have given up home or brothers and sisters or father and mother or children or land for me will be given a hundred times as much. They will also have eternal life.

Mark 8:36

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself?

Luke 17:33

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

Luke 9:24

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

Acts 20:24

But I don't care what happens to me, as long as I finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do. And that work is to tell the good news about God's great kindness.

Acts 21:13

But Paul answered, “Why are you crying and breaking my heart? I am not only willing to be put in jail for the Lord Jesus. I am even willing to die for him in Jerusalem!”

Acts 9:16

I will show him how much he must suffer for worshipping in my name.”

1 Corinthians 9:23

I do all this for the good news, because I want to share in its blessings.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Yes, I am glad to be weak or insulted or ill-treated or to have troubles and sufferings, if it is for Christ. Because when I am weak, I am strong.

2 Timothy 1:8

Don't be ashamed to speak for our Lord. And don't be ashamed of me, just because I am in jail for serving him. Use the power that comes from God and join with me in suffering for telling the good news.

Hebrews 11:35

Some women received their loved ones back from death. Many of these people were tortured, but they refused to be released. They were sure that they would get a better reward when the dead are raised to life.

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.

Revelation 2:10

Don't worry about what you will suffer. The devil will throw some of you into jail, and you will be tested and made to suffer for ten days. But if you are faithful until you die, I will reward you with a glorious life.

Revelation 7:14

“Sir,” I answered, “you must know.” Then he told me: “These are the ones who have gone through the great suffering. They have washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb and have made them white.