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Luke 17:33
Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
Luke 17:33 · World English Bible
Luke 17:33 in other translations
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
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In context
30 It will be the same way in the day that the Son of Man is revealed.
31 In that day, he who will be on the housetop and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.
32 Remember Lot’s wife!
33 Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
34 I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. One will be taken and the other will be left.
35 There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”
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