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Source language
Original Greek   
ὃς γὰρ ⸀ἐὰν θέλῃ τὴν ⸂ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ⸃ σῶσαι ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· ὃς δʼ ἂν ⸀ἀπολέσει τὴν ⸄ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ⸅ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ καὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ⸀σώσει αὐτήν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
os gar rean thele ten [?]psukhen autou[?] sosai apolesei auten* os d' an rapolesei ten [?]psukhen autou[?] eneken emou kai tou euaggeliou rsosei auten.

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
qui enim voluerit animam suam salvam facere perdet eam qui autem perdiderit animam suam propter me et evangelium salvam eam faciet

King James Variants
American King James Version   
For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Authorized (King James) Version   
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
New King James Version   
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
21st Century King James Version   
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for My sake and the Gospel’s, the same shall save it.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“Whoever desires to save his soul will lose it. Everyone who will lose his life for me and for my gospel will save it.”
Darby Bible Translation   
For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel, shall save it.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
God's Word   
Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me and for the Good News will save them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me and the gospel will save it.
International Standard Version   
because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
NET Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
New American Standard Bible   
"For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it.
New International Version   
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
New Living Translation   
If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Weymouth New Testament   
For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it.
The World English Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Whoever wants to keep his own life safe will lose it. But whoever gives his life to serve me and God's good news will have true life.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;
New Life Version   
If anyone wants to keep his own life safe, he will lose it. If anyone gives up his life because of Me and because of the Good News, he will save it.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“For whoever will save his life, shall lose it. But whoever shall lose his life, for My sake, and the Gospel’s, shall save it.
The Voice Bible   
For any one of you who wants to be rescued will lose your life, but any one of you who loses your life for My sake and for the sake of this good news will be liberated.
Living Bible   
If you insist on saving your life, you will lose it. Only those who throw away their lives for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know what it means to really live.
New Catholic Bible   
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of the gospel will save it.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
Christian Standard Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For whoever wants to save his [higher, spiritual, eternal] life, will lose it [the lower, natural, temporal life which is lived only on earth]; and whoever gives up his life [which is lived only on earth] for My sake and the Gospel’s will save it [his higher, spiritual life in the eternal kingdom of God].
New Century Version   
Those who want to save their lives will give up true life. But those who give up their lives for me and for the Good News will have true life.
The Message   
Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for?
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
For whoever wishes to save · his life will lose it, but whoever will lose · his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
New Matthew Bible   
For whoever would save his life, will lose it. But whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of the gospel, shall save it.
Good News Translation®   
For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for me and for the gospel, you will save it.
Wycliffe Bible   
For he that will make safe his life, shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for me, and for the gospel, shall make it safe. [Soothly who so will make his soul, that is, his life, safe, he shall lose it; forsooth he that shall lose his soul, that is, his life, for me and the gospel, shall make it safe.]
New Testament for Everyone   
Yes: if you want to save your life, you’ll lose it; but if you lose your life because of me and the message you’ll save it.
Contemporary English Version   
If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me and for the good news, you will save it.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then he called his disciples and the people around him, and said to them, “If anyone wants to follow in my footsteps, he must give up all right to himself, take up his cross and follow me. The man who tries to save his life will lose it; it is the man who loses his life for my sake and the Gospel’s who will save it. What good can it do a man to gain the whole world at the price of his own soul? What can a man offer to buy back his soul once he has lost it? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this unfaithful and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in the Father’s glory with the holy angels around him.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
Common English Bible © 2011   
All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me and because of the good news will save them.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake and the gospel’s will save it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.
New American Standard Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
The Expanded Bible   
Those who want to save their lives will ·give up true life [L lose their life/soul; C Greek psychē can mean “life” or “soul,” producing this play on words]. But those who ·give up [lose; sacrifice] their lives for ·me [my sake] and for the ·Good News [Gospel] will ·have true life [save their lives/souls].
Tree of Life Version   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
Revised Standard Version   
For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
New International Reader's Version   
Whoever wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever loses their life for me and for the good news will save it.
BRG Bible   
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For whoever wants to save his own life will destroy it, but whoever destroys his life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will save it.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Anyone who tries to keep his life will lose it. And anyone who gives up his life for my sake and for the sake of the good news will find it.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For whoever wishes to save his nefesh will lose it; but whoever loses his nefesh for my sake and for the sake of the Besuras HaGeulah will save it.
Names of God Bible   
Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me and for the Good News will save them.
Modern English Version   
For whoever would save his life will lose it. But whoever would lose his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Any of you who try to save the life you have will lose it. But you who give up your life for me and for the Good News will save it.
International Children’s Bible   
Whoever wants to save his life will give up true life. But whoever gives up his life for me and for the Good News will have true life forever.
Lexham English Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me and of the gospel will save it.
New International Version - UK   
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it. But whoever will lose his life for the sake of Me and the good-news will save it.