Mark 8:35

God's Word

Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me and for the Good News will save them.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6

a time to start looking and a time to stop looking, a time to keep and a time to throw away,

Matthew 10:22

Everyone will hate you because you are committed to me. But the person who patiently endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:39

The person who tries to preserve his life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for me will preserve it.

Matthew 16:25

Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me will find them.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who gave up homes, brothers or sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

Mark 8:36

What good does it do for people to win the whole world yet lose their lives?

Luke 17:33

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

Luke 9:24

Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me will save them.

Acts 20:24

But I don’t place any value on my own life. I want to finish the race I’m running. I want to carry out the mission I received from the Lord Jesus—the mission of testifying to the Good News of God’s kindness.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul replied, “Why are you crying like this and breaking my heart? I’m ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but also to die there for the sake of the Lord, the one named Jesus.”

Acts 9:16

I’ll show him how much he has to suffer for the sake of my name.”

1 Corinthians 9:23

I do all this for the sake of the Good News in order to share what it offers.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Therefore, I accept weakness, mistreatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties suffered for Christ. It’s clear that when I’m weak, I’m strong.

2 Timothy 1:8

So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord or be ashamed of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God’s power, join me in suffering for the sake of the Good News.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their loved ones back from the dead. Other believers were brutally tortured but refused to be released so that they might gain eternal life.

Revelation 12:11

They won the victory over him because of the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life so much that they refused to give it up.

Revelation 2:10

Don’t be afraid of what you are going to suffer. The devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. Your suffering will go on for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 7:14

I answered him, “Sir, you know.” Then he told me, “These are the people who are coming out of the terrible suffering. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb.