 | Bible - 1855 - 638 pages
...tic re\ot oSrot <ra>6ri<rtT(u. The present passage is explained by Matthew x. 39 : " He who secures his life will lose it ; and he who loses his life for my sake will secure it " ; compare Matthew xvi. 25 ; Mark viii. 35 ; Luke ix. 24. So John xii. 25 : " He who loves... | |
 | James Roberts Gilmore - Bible - 1867 - 290 pages
...of his own household. He who takes not his cross and follows me, is not worthy of me. He who loves his life, will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake, will save it. He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. He that... | |
 | William Gay Ballantine - Bible - 1923 - 468 pages
...than me is not worthy of me. Whoever does not take his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him that sent me. He who receives... | |
 | Francis Greenwood Peabody - Bible - 1923 - 310 pages
...James i. 25. back to the most searching of all the moral axioms announced by Jesus: "He who has found his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it." 1 Self-discovery through self-surrender, gain through loss, freedom through dependence, — such is... | |
 | Burris Jenkins - Bible - 1925 - 248 pages
...worthy of me; he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me: . . . He who has found his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.' " Vividly Jesus states a great economic and spiritual law: " 'For he who has, to him shall more be... | |
 | Everett F. Harrison - Religion - 1968 - 294 pages
...occurring no less than four times with characteristic variatinns befitting each separate occasion, is this: "He who finds his life will lose it: and he who loses his life for my sake will find it." Jesus' skill in debate is attested by his use of the dilemma. Questioned as to the source of the authority... | |
 | William A. Beardslee - Religion - 2001 - 200 pages
...collection. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. ( Luke 14:27. ) He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses...his life for my sake will find it. ( Matt. 10:39. ) Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you. . . . Behold, your reward... | |
 | Ralph Daniel Heim - Religion - 1947 - 228 pages
...me is not worthy of me; M and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. ** He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses bis life for my sake will find it. 40 "He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives... | |
 | John Saward - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1980 - 264 pages
...inimical to life, it is also inimical to a holy death. For Jesus teaches us in all four Gospels that 'he who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it' (Matt. 10: 39; cf. Mark 8: 35; Luke 9: 24, 14: 26; John 12: 25). Jesus expands an Old Testament theme in his... | |
 | John P. Meier - Religion - 1980 - 394 pages
...me is not worthy of me; 38and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. These Q-sayings return to the prospect of persecution and martydom. V.34 has the same form as 5:17;... | |
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He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses... 
