Luke 9:24

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

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  • Luke 17:33 : 33 Whoever tries to save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.
  • John 12:25 : 25 The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
  • Acts 20:23-24 : 23 'Except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that chains and afflictions await me.' 24 'But I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.'
  • Heb 11:35 : 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
  • Rev 2:10 : 10 Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

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  • Matt 16:24-26
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    94%

    24Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

    25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

    26For what will it profit a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

  • Mark 8:34-37
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    94%

    34Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow me.'

    35For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

    36What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

    37Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

  • Matt 10:37-39
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    37The one who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

    38And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

    39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

  • Luke 17:33
    88%

    33Whoever tries to save their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.

  • Luke 9:25-26
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    25'What good is it for someone to gain the whole world and yet lose or forfeit their very self?'

    26For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.

  • John 12:24-26
    3 verses
    85%

    24Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much fruit.

    25The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

    26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

  • Luke 9:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    22He said, 'The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and teachers of the law. He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.'

    23Then he said to them all, 'If anyone wants to follow me, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me.'

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    77%

    25Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them, he said,

    26If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.

    27And whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

  • Luke 14:33-34
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    33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.

    34Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?

  • Matt 19:29-30
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    29And everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

    30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

  • Matt 10:22
    73%

    22You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

  • Matt 24:13
    72%

    13'But the one who endures until the end will be saved.'

  • Mark 13:13
    72%

    13Everyone will hate you because of My name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.

  • Luke 19:10
    72%

    10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.

  • Mark 10:29
    72%

    29Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left home, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife, children, or fields for my sake and for the gospel,

  • Matt 18:11
    71%

    11For the Son of Man came to save what was lost.

  • Luke 9:56-57
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    56Then they went on to another village.

    57As they were traveling along the road, someone said to him, 'I will follow you wherever you go.'

  • Luke 9:62
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    62Jesus replied, 'No one who puts their hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.'

  • Mark 10:45
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    45'For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

  • Matt 10:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32Therefore, everyone who acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

    33But whoever denies me before others, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.

  • Luke 18:29-30
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    70%

    29Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, no one who has left house, parents, brothers, wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,

    30will fail to receive many times more in this present age and, in the age to come, eternal life.

  • Mark 9:41
    70%

    41'Truly I tell you, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose their reward.'

  • Matt 20:28
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    28Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

  • John 3:15
    69%

    15so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

  • Luke 13:24
    69%

    24'Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to.

  • Mark 9:43
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    43If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than to have two hands and go into hell, where the fire never goes out.

  • Mark 9:45
    69%

    45If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell, where the fire never goes out.

  • 2 Cor 4:11
    69%

    11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

  • John 15:13
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    13Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

  • Luke 12:22
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    22Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.

  • John 6:39
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    39'And this is the will of him who sent me: that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up on the last day.'

  • Phil 1:21
    68%

    21For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.