Matthew 16:25

New American Standard Bible 2020

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Cross References

Esther 4:14

For if you keep silent at this time, liberation and rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants also will fast in the same way. And then I will go in to the king, which is not in accordance with the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.

Matthew 10:39

The one who has found his life will lose it, and the one who has lost his life on My account will find it.

Matthew 16:26

For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul?

Mark 8:35

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Luke 17:33

Whoever strives to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will keep it.

John 12:25

The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life.

Revelation 12:11

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.