²⁵ Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.^(A)

³⁹ Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.^(A)

³³ Those who try to make their life secure will lose it, but those who lose their life will keep it.

³⁵ For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel,^[a] will save it.^(A)

²³ Then he said to them all, “If any wish to come after me, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.^{(A) 24} For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it.^(B)

²⁵ For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.^(A)

²⁴ But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.^(A)

²⁹ And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or^[a] children or fields for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold^[b] and will inherit eternal life.