Luke 9:24
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
In context
22 “The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
23 Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
25 What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?
26 If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
Luke 9:24 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
- KJV King James Version
- For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
- WEB World English Bible
- For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;
- DBY Darby Translation
- for whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he shall save it.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.