Matthew 16:25
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
25 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
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Matthew 16:25
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
25 For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
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Matthew 16:25-26
The Message
24-26 Then Jesus went to work on his disciples. “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self. What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for?
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