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John 12:25
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John 12:25
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25 Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who care nothing for their life in this world will keep it for eternity.
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John 12:25
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John 12:25
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25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it(A) for eternal life.(B)
Matthew 10:39
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Matthew 10:39
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39 If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.
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Matthew 10:39
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Matthew 10:39
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39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.(A)
Luke 17:33
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Luke 17:33
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33 If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you will save it.
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Luke 17:33
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Luke 17:33
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33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.(A)
Mark 8:35
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Mark 8:35
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35 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.
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Mark 8:35
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Mark 8:35
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35 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.(A)
Footnotes
- Mark 8:35 The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verses 36 and 37.
Luke 9:23-24
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Luke 9:23-24
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23 Then he said to the crowd, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me. 24 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
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Luke 9:23-24
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Luke 9:23-24
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23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.(A) 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.(B)
Matthew 16:25
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Matthew 16:25
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25 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
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Matthew 16:25
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Matthew 16:25
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25 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.(A)
Footnotes
- Matthew 16:25 The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verse 26.
Luke 14:26
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Luke 14:26
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26 “If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.
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Luke 14:26
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Luke 14:26
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26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple.(A)
Revelation 12:11
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Revelation 12:11
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11 And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb
and by their testimony.
And they did not love their lives so much
that they were afraid to die.
Revelation 12:11
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Revelation 12:11
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Acts 20:24
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Acts 20:24
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24 But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.
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Matthew 19:29
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Matthew 19:29
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29 And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
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Matthew 19:29
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Matthew 19:29
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29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[a] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.(A)
Footnotes
- Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts do not have or wife.
Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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17 So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Ecclesiastes 2:17
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Toil Is Meaningless
17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.(A)
Acts 21:13
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Acts 21:13
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13 But he said, “Why all this weeping? You are breaking my heart! I am ready not only to be jailed at Jerusalem but even to die for the sake of the Lord Jesus.”
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Acts 21:13
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Acts 21:13
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13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die(A) in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”(B)
Genesis 29:30-33
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Genesis 29:30-33
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30 So Jacob slept with Rachel, too, and he loved her much more than Leah. He then stayed and worked for Laban the additional seven years.
Jacob’s Many Children
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to have children, but Rachel could not conceive. 32 So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben,[a] for she said, “The Lord has noticed my misery, and now my husband will love me.”
33 She soon became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She named him Simeon,[b] for she said, “The Lord heard that I was unloved and has given me another son.”
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Genesis 29:30-33
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Genesis 29:30-33
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30 Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah.(A) And he worked for Laban another seven years.(B)
Jacob’s Children
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved,(C) he enabled her to conceive,(D) but Rachel remained childless. 32 Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(E) She named him Reuben,[a](F) for she said, “It is because the Lord has seen my misery.(G) Surely my husband will love me now.”
33 She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved,(H) he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.[b](I)
Footnotes
- Genesis 29:32 Reuben sounds like the Hebrew for he has seen my misery; the name means see, a son.
- Genesis 29:33 Simeon probably means one who hears.
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