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


In Context

22 Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, |Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you.|

23 But he turned, and said to Peter, |Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.|

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, |If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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

26 For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

27 For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will 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 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.