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35 For whoever wants to save[a] his life[b] will lose it. But whoever will lose his life for the sake of Me and the good-news will save it. 36 For what does it profit a person to gain the whole world, and forfeit[c] his life[d]? 37 For what might a person give in-exchange-for his life? 38 For whoever is ashamed-of Me and My words in this adulterous[e] and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels”.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 8:35 That is, by avoiding his or her cross; refusing to deny himself for Christ.
  2. Mark 8:35 That is, life in an earthly sense.
  3. Mark 8:36 Or, suffer loss of.
  4. Mark 8:36 That is, life in an eternal sense.
  5. Mark 8:38 That is, spiritually unfaithful to God.

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