Luke 9:24

New Living Translation

If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:6

A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away.

Matthew 10:39

If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

Luke 17:33

If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you will save it.

John 12:25

Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity.

Hebrews 11:35

Women received their loved ones back again from death. But others were tortured, refusing to turn from God in order to be set free. They placed their hope in a better life after the resurrection.

Revelation 12:11

And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.

Revelation 2:10

Don’t be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil will throw some of you into prison to test you. You will suffer for ten days. But if you remain faithful even when facing death, I will give you the crown of life.