Mark 8:35

Mark 8:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Context of Mark 8:35

33Jesus turned round and he looked at his disciples. He said that Peter was not saying good things. He said to Peter, ‘Satan, go away from me! Your thoughts do not come from God. Instead, you are thinking like men think.’ 34Then Jesus asked the crowd and his disciples to come to him. He said to them, ‘A person who wants to come with me must not think about himself. He must decide that his own life is not important. He must be like someone who carries his own cross to go and die. Then he may come with me as my disciple. Whoever wants to keep his own life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me and God's good news will have true life. 36A person may get everything in the whole world for himself. But if he loses his life, it will not be any good for him. 37There is nothing that a person can give to get back his life.

Mark 8:35 word by word

ὃς γὰρ ἐὰν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι, ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· ὃς δ᾽ ἂν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, σώσει αὐτήν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• whosoeverὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• whosoeverἄνan · ifG302
• willθέλωthelō ethelō · to will/desireG2309
• saveσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• lifeὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• lifeψυχήpsuchē · soul: lifeG5590
• shall loseἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• butδέde · thenG1161
• forἕνεκαheneka heneken heineken · because ofG1752
• my sakeἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the gospel’sεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
• the sameοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778

Cross-references for Mark 8:35

• Esther 4:11‘Everybody knows the law. People cannot go to meet the king in his own part of the palace unless the king asks them to come. All the king's officers and all his people know that that is the law. If somebody decides to go to the king when the king has not asked to see him, that person must die. He will only stay alive if the king holds out his gold sceptre towards him. As for me, the king has not asked me to go to him for the last 30 days.’
• Jeremiah 26:20There was another prophet who was called Uriah. He was the son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath-Jearim. Uriah prophesied against this city and this nation, with the Lord's authority, as Jeremiah did.
• Matthew 10:39Whoever wants to keep his life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me will have true life.’
• Matthew 16:25Whoever wants to keep his life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me will have true life.
• Luke 9:24Whoever wants to keep his own life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me will have true life.
• Luke 17:33Whoever wants to keep his own life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me will have true life.
• John 12:25Anyone who loves his own life will lose it. But anyone who hates his life in this world will have true life for ever with God.
• Acts 20:24But even if people kill me, this is not important to me. The Lord Jesus gave me some work to do. It is important that I finish his work. I must tell people the good news about how kind and good God is.
• Acts 21:13But Paul answered, ‘Stop crying like this! You are making me very sad! I am ready for men in Jerusalem to take hold of me. They may tie me up, and I may even die there. I am ready for all this because I believe in the Lord Jesus.’
• 2 Timothy 2:11We all know that this is true: ‘If we have died with Christ in this world, we will also live with him in the future world.
• 2 Timothy 4:6As for me, it is nearly time for me to die. My death will be like a drink offering that they pour out to God. My life as God's servant will end.
• Hebrews 11:35Some women who trusted God received their friends and family back from death. God raised those people who had died to become alive again. Other people refused to turn against God so that their enemies would not hurt them. As a result, their enemies killed them. These people agreed to die because they were sure that they would live again with God. They knew that would be better for them.
• Revelation 2:10I know that trouble will soon come to you. But do not be afraid. Listen! The Devil will cause some of you to go to prison. He wants to see whether you will continue to believe in me. As a result, you will suffer for ten days. But continue to trust me, even if you die. Then you will win against the Devil. I will give you a gift, as they give a crown to the winner of a race. You will have life with me for ever.
• Revelation 7:14I replied, ‘You surely know who they are, sir.’ He said to me, ‘They are the people who have had a time of very bad trouble. Now they have come out of that. They have washed their clothes in the blood of the Lamb. Now their clothes are white and clean.
• Revelation 12:11Our brothers and sisters fought against him and they won. They could do this because of the death of the Lamb as a sacrifice. They continued to speak God's true message. They were also ready to die as God's servants. That is why they were able to win against Satan.
• Matthew 5:10Happy are the people who do what is right but other people hurt them because of it. The kingdom of heaven belongs to people like that.

Commentaries on Mark 8:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35For whosoever will save his life - On this and the following verses, see Matthew 16:24, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-38Verses 27-38 See this passage illustrated in the notes at Mark 8:32 He spake that saying openly - With boldness or confidence, or without parables or figures, so that there could be no possibility of misunderstanding him. Mark 8:38 Ashamed of me - Ashamed to own attachment to me on account of my lowly appearance and my poverty. And of my words - My doctrines, my instructions. This adulterous and sinful generation - This age given to wickedness…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 34-38Verses 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 coming, when the cause of Christ…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35If a person tries to save his life by rejecting Jesus, that person will lose it in the next world. But if you give your life to Jesus and the spread of the gospel, you will save it forever.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings