Matthew 16:24-26 in English

²⁴ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁴ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁴ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to us disciples, “If any one of you wants to be my disciple, you must not do only what you yourself want to do. You must be willing to let people hurt you and disgrace you. That is like what they do to criminals whom they force to carry a cross MET to the place where the criminals will be executed. That is what anyone who wants to be my disciple must do.

²⁵ You must do that, because those who try to save their lives by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me will not live eternally, but those who are killed because of being my disciples will live with God eternally.

²⁶ People might get everything they want in this world, but ◄ if they do not become my disciples, they would really be gaining nothing because they would not get eternal life!/what would they gain if they do not become my disciples and thus do not get eternal life?► RHQ ◄There is absolutely nothing that people can give to God that would enable them to gain eternal life./What can people give to God that could enable them to gain eternal life?► MTY, RHQ

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

²⁵ Because whoever has a desire to keep his life safe will have it taken from him; but whoever gives up his life because of me, will have it given back to him.

²⁶ For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

²⁵ For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

²⁶ For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of Me shall find it.

²⁶ For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to His disciples: “If anyone desires to come after me, let him really deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will waste it, but whoever ‘wastes’ his life on my account will find it.

²⁶ For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus told his disciples, “If you want to be a follower of mine, you must deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For if you want to save your life you will lose it, and if you lose your life for my sake you will save it.

²⁶ What benefit is it for you to gain the whole world, yet lose your life? What would you give in exchange for your life?

²⁴ Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and follow me.

²⁵ For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, shall finde it.

²⁶ For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?

²⁴ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one chooseth to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever chooseth to save his life will lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ For what will a man be profited, if be gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wishes to walk in my steps, they must renounce self, and take up their cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake, loses his life will find it.

²⁶ What good will it do a person to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? Or what will a person give that is of equal value with his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wishes to walk in my steps, they must renounce self, and take up their cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake, loses his life will find it.

²⁶ What good will it do a person to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? Or what will a person give that is of equal value with his life?

²⁴ Then Yeshua Salvation said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his execution-stake, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Iesus then sayde to his disciples. If eny man wyll folowe me leet him forsake him sylfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me.

²⁵ For who soever wyll save his lyfe shall loose it. And whosoever shall loose his lyfe for my sake shall fynde it.

²⁶ What shall it proffet a man though he shulde wynne all the whoole worlde: yf he loose his owne soule? Or els what shall a man geve to redeme his soule agayne with all?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ For what does it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? What can a person give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

²⁴ Then Yeshua said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Yeshua said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

²⁵ For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man will come after me, deny he himself, and take his cross, and pursue me;

²⁵ for he that will make his life safe, shall lose it; and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.

²⁶ For what profiteth it to a man or what profiteth to a man, if he win all the world, and suffer impairing of his soul? or what exchanging shall a man give for his soul?

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man will come after me, deny he himself, and take (up) his cross, and (pur)sue me (or and follow me);

²⁵ for he that will make his life safe, shall lose it; and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.

²⁶ For what profiteth it to a man or Soothly what profiteth to a man, if he win all the world, and suffer impairing of his soul? or what (ex)changing shall a man give for his soul?

²⁴ Thanne Jhesus seide to his disciplis, If ony man wole come after me, denye he hym silf, and take his cros, and sue me; for he that wole make his lijf saaf,

²⁵ shal leese it; and he that schal leese his lijf for me, schal fynde it.

²⁶ For what profitith it to a man, if he wynne al the world, and suffre peiryng of his soule? or what chaunging schal a man yyue for his soule?

²⁴ Then said Jesus to his disciples, 'If any one doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,

²⁵ for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,

²⁶ for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?