Mark 8:35

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6

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

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:39

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.

Matthew 16:25

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

Matthew 19:29

And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Mark 8:36

For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?

Luke 17:33

Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Luke 9:24

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

Acts 20:24

But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.

Acts 21:13

Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Acts 9:16

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

1 Corinthians 9:23

I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Timothy 1:8

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.

Hebrews 11:35

and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.

Revelation 12:11

But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.

Revelation 2:10

Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.

Revelation 7:14

So I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!