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Source language
Original Greek   
ὁ εὑρὼν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἀπολέσει αὐτήν, καὶ ὁ ἀπολέσας τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ εὑρήσει αὐτήν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
o euron ten psukhen autou apolesei auten, kai o apolesas ten psukhen autou eneken emou euresei auten.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
qui invenit animam suam perdet illam et qui perdiderit animam suam propter me inveniet eam

King James Variants
American King James Version   
He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Authorized (King James) Version   
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
New King James Version   
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
21st Century King James Version   
He that findeth his life, shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for My sake, shall find it.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it; whoever will find his life will lose it.
Darby Bible Translation   
He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
God's Word   
The person who tries to preserve his life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for me will preserve it.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Anyone finding his life will lose it, and anyone losing his life because of Me will find it.
International Standard Version   
The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it."
NET Bible   
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
New American Standard Bible   
"He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.
New International Version   
Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
New Living Translation   
If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.
Webster's Bible Translation   
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.
Weymouth New Testament   
To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.
The World English Bible   
He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Whoever wants to keep his life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me will have true life.’
Young‘s Literal Translation   
`He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.
New Life Version   
He who wants to keep his life will have it taken away from him. He who loses his life because of Me will have it given back to him.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“The one who finds his life, shall lose it. And the one who loses his life for My sake, shall find it.
The Voice Bible   
To find your life, you must lose your life—and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Living Bible   
“If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give it up for me, you will save it.
New Catholic Bible   
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Legacy Standard Bible   
He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it.
Christian Standard Bible   
Anyone who finds his life will lose it, and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Whoever finds his [lower] life will lose it [the higher life], and whoever loses his [lower] life on My account will find it [the higher life].
New Century Version   
Those who try to hold on to their lives will give up true life. Those who give up their lives for me will hold on to true life.
The Message   
“If you don’t go all the way with me, through thick and thin, you don’t deserve me. If your first concern is to look after yourself, you’ll never find yourself. But if you forget about yourself and look to me, you’ll find both yourself and me.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
Whoever finds · his life will lose it, but whoever loses · his life for my sake will find it.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
New Matthew Bible   
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake, will find it.
Good News Translation®   
Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it.
Wycliffe Bible   
He that findeth his life, shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for me, shall find it.
New Testament for Everyone   
If you find your life you’ll lose it, and if you lose your life because of me you’ll find it.
Contemporary English Version   
If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you give it up for me, you will surely find it.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
“Anyone who puts his love for father or mother above his love for me does not deserve to be mine, and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me, and neither is the man who refuses to take up his cross and follow my way. The man who has found his own life will lose it, but the man who has lost it for my sake will find it.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Those who find their lives will lose them, and those who lose their lives because of me will find them.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Whoever finds his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], and whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
New American Standard Bible   
The one who has found his life will lose it, and the one who has lost his life on My account will find it.
The Expanded Bible   
Those who ·try to hold on to [cling to; seek to preserve; L find] their lives will ·give up true life [lose them]. Those who ·give up [lose] their lives for ·me [my sake] will ·hold on to true life [L find them].
Tree of Life Version   
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
Revised Standard Version   
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
New International Reader's Version   
Whoever finds their life will lose it. Whoever loses their life because of me will find it.
BRG Bible   
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Whoever finds his own life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for my sake will find it.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Anyone who tries to keep his life, will lose it. Anyone who gives up his life for my sake, will find it.'
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
The one who has found his nefesh will lose it; the one who has lost his nefesh for my sake [lemaan Moshiach] will find it.
Names of God Bible   
The person who tries to preserve his life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for me will preserve it.
Modern English Version   
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Those who try to keep the life they have will lose it. But those who give up their life for me will find true life.
International Children’s Bible   
Whoever tries to hold on to his life will give up true life. Whoever gives up his life for me will hold on to true life.
Lexham English Bible   
The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.
New International Version - UK   
Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
The one having found his life will lose it, and the one having lost his life for My sake will find it.