Bible verse
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Luke 17:33 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 17.
29 But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30 It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
31 On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
32 Remember Lot’s wife!
33 Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left.
35 Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.”
36 Two [men] shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 “Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
KJV
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
ASV
Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
ERV
Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
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