Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
For whoever wants to save his higher life will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will find the higher life.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it,
A Conservative Version
For whoever wants save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
American Standard Version
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For whoever would [try to] save his life [i.e., by neglecting spiritual things] will lose it [i.e., miss out on the blessings of God]. But whoever [is willing to] lose his life [i.e., in commitment to God's service] for my sake will find it [i.e., obtain both temporal and spiritual blessings].
Anderson New Testament
For whoever will save his life, shall lose it. But whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
Bible in Basic English
Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.
Common New Testament
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for whosoever will save himself, shall be a looser: and whosoever shall suffer loss for my sake, shall be a gainer.
Darby Translation
For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Godbey New Testament
For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whosoever may lose his soul for my sake shall find it.
Goodspeed New Testament
For whoever wants to preserve his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me will find it.
John Wesley New Testament
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
Julia Smith Translation
For whoever should wish to save his life shall lose it: and whoever shall lose his soul for my sake shall find it.
King James 2000
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me will find it.
Modern King James verseion
For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever desires to lose his life for My sake shall find it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it. And whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
Moffatt New Testament
for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Montgomery New Testament
For he who wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
NET Bible
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
New Heart English Bible
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
Noyes New Testament
For whoever chooseth to save his life will lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake will find it.
Sawyer New Testament
For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, shall find it.
The Emphasized Bible
For, whosoever intendeth, his life, to save, shall lose it, - but, whosoever shall lose his life, for my sake, shall find it.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For whosoever is desirous to preserve his life, shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake, loses his life shall find it.
Webster
For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
Weymouth New Testament
For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it.
World English Bible
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.
Worrell New Testament
for whosoever wishes to save his soul shall lose it, and whosoever shall lose his soul for My sake shall find it;
Worsley New Testament
for he that would save his life shall lose it; but he that would lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Youngs Literal Translation
for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,
Themes
Denial » Denying yourself for jesus Christ
Donation » Donation (giving) » Give or lose
Duty » Donation (giving) » Give or lose
Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Life » Who shall lose their life
Losing and things lost » Who shall lose their life
Interlinear
Hos
ὅς ἥ ὅ
Hos
which, whom, that, who, whose, what, that which, whereof,
Usage: 980
thelo
Usage: 0
Psuche
ψυχή
Psuche
Usage: 62
De
heneka
heneka
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 16:25
Prayers for Matthew 16:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples: "If anyone wants to be my disciple, he must say 'No' to self, put his cross on his shoulders, and keep on following me. 25 For whoever wants to save his higher life will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for my sake will find the higher life. 26 For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 10:39
Anybody who gains his lower life will lose the higher life, and anybody who loses his lower life for my sake will gain the higher life.
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his higher life, will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for me and for the good news, will save the higher life.
John 12:25
Whoever loves his lower life will lose the higher, but whoever hates his lower life in this world preserves the higher for eternal life.
Acts 20:23-24
except that in town after town the Holy Spirit emphatically assures me that imprisonment and sufferings are awaiting me.
Revelation 12:11
But they have conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the message to which they bore testimony, because they did not cling to life but courted death.
Luke 17:33
Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will preserve it.