Matthew 16:25

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

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  • Matt 10:39 : 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
  • 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.
  • 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.'
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
  • 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.
  • Esth 4:14 : 14 If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows? Perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.
  • Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, gather all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.

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  • Luke 9:23-26
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    94%

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

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

    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.

  • Mark 8:34-37
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    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 10:37-40
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    91%

    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.

    40Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

  • Luke 17:33
    88%

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

  • John 12:24-26
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    86%

    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.

  • Matt 16:26
    85%

    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?

  • Matt 16:24
    82%

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

  • Luke 14:25-27
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    76%

    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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    73%

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

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

  • Matt 18:11
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    11For the Son of Man came to save what was lost.

  • Prov 8:35
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    35For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD.

  • Luke 19:10
    71%

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

  • Mark 10:29
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    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,

  • Luke 18:29-30
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    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.

  • Matt 24:13
    70%

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

  • 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 10:33
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    33But whoever denies me before others, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.

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

  • John 3:15-16
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    15so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

    16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.

  • Matt 6:25
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    25Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

  • Matt 26:52
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    52"Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who take up the sword will perish by the sword.

  • 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.

  • Mark 4:25
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    25For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

  • Luke 15:4
    69%

    4What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one that is lost until he finds it?

  • John 5:40
    69%

    40But you are unwilling to come to me so that you may have life.

  • Mark 9:41
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    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.'

  • Luke 21:17
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    17Everyone will hate you because of my name.

  • Prov 19:16
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    16The one who keeps the commandment preserves their soul, but whoever despises their ways will die.

  • John 6:27
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    27'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'