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.
Mark 8:35 in other translations
| BSB | For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it. |
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| WEB | For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. |
| ASV | For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s shall save it. |
| YLT | for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it; |
| DARBY | For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it. |
| BBE | Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it. |
| Webster | For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. |
What does Mark 8:35 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 8:34-38
Frequent notice is taken of the great flocking there was to Christ for help in various cases. All are concerned to know this, if they expect him to heal their souls. They must not indulge the ease of the body. As the happiness of heaven with Christ, is enough to make up for the loss of life itself for him, so the gain of all the world in sin, will not make up for the ruin of the soul by sin. And there is a day…
Mark 8:35 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 8:35
- 2 Timothy 2:11-13
It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
- 1 Corinthians 9:23
And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.
- Luke 17:33
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
- Matthew 16:25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
- 2 Timothy 1:8
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
- Matthew 10:39
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
- John 12:25-26
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
- Luke 9:24
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
- 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.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
- Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
- 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.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Es 4:11-16; Jer 26:20-24; Mt 10:39; 16:25; Lu 9:24; 17:33
Joh 12:25,26; Ac 20:24; 21:13; 2Ti 2:11-13; 4:6-8; Heb 11:35
Re 2:10; 7:14; 12:11
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Mt 5:10-12; 10:22; 19:29; Lu 6:22,23; Joh 15:20,21; Ac 9:16
1Co 9:23; 2Co 12:10; 2Ti 1:8; 1Pe 4:12-16
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Context
- Mark 8:34
And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
- 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.
- Mark 8:36
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Mark 8:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque el que quisiere salvar su vida, la perderá; y el que perdiere su vida por causa de mí y del evangelio, la salvará. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car quiconque voudra sauver sa vie la perdra; et quiconque perdra sa propre vie pour l’amour de moi et de l’évangile la sauvera. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn wer irgend sein Leben erretten will, wird es verlieren; wer aber irgend sein Leben verliert um meinet- und des Evangeliums willen, wird es erretten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui enim voluerit animam suam salvam facere, perdet eam: qui autem perdiderit animam suam propter me, et Evangelium, salvam faciet eam. |