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


In Context

22 Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord!" he said. "This shall never happen to you!"

23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."

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

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

26 What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

27 For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

Matthew 16:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:25For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:25For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:25For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:25For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:25For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:25For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:25for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:25For whoever will save his life shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.