Matthew 16:25 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 16:25

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

KJV

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ASV

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

WEB

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

YLT

for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,

DBT

For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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Cross-references

14 verses on the floor

Matthew 19:29
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Matthew 10:39
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Mark 8:35
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
John 12:25
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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7, 8 , and yet unanimous in their opposition to Christ; because his doctrine did equally overthrow the errors and heresies of the Sadducees, who denied the existence of spirits and a future state; and the pride, tyranny, and hypocrisy of the Pharisees, who were the great imposters of the traditions of the elders. Christ and Christianity meet with opposition on all hands.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

For whosoever will save--is minded to save, or bent on saving. his life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it--(See on Mt 10:38,39). "A suffering and dying Messiah liketh you ill; but what if His servants shall meet the same fate?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

MAT 16:25MAT 10:39 LUK 17:33
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
MAT 16:25MAT 10:39 JHN 12:25
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 16:25JHN 12:25 MAT 10:39
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 16:25REV 12:11 2CO 10:3-5
MAT 16:25REV 12:11 JHN 16:33
MAT 16:25MAT 10:39 MRK 8:35-36
MAT 16:25REV 12:11 1JN 5:5
MAT 16:25REV 12:11 ROM 16:20

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