Mark 8:35

35 "For 1whoever * wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever * loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it.

Mark 8:35 In-Context

33 But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's."
34 And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.
35 "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it.
36 "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul?
37 "For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Cross References 1

  • 1. Matthew 10:39; Luke 17:33; John 12:25

Footnotes 2

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