Luke 9:24
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.”
Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
Cross-References
“He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.”
“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.”
“Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.”
“For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.”
“He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”