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Source language
Original Greek   
ὃς γὰρ ⸀ἐὰν θέλῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ σῶσαι ἀπολέσει αὐτήν· ὃς δʼ ἂν ἀπολέσῃ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν ἐμοῦ εὑρήσει αὐτήν.
Greek - Transliteration via code library   
os gar rean thele ten psukhen autou sosai apolesei auten* os d' an apolese ten psukhen autou eneken emou euresei auten.

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

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

Other translations
American Standard Version   
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
“For whoever wills to save his life will lose it and whoever will lose his life for me will find it.”
Darby Bible Translation   
For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find 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 shall find it.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
God's Word   
Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me will find them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.
International Standard Version   
Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it,
NET Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
New American Standard Bible   
"For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
New International Version   
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find 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, you will save it.
Webster's Bible Translation   
For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
Weymouth New Testament   
For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it.
The World English Bible   
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose 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   
for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it,
New Life Version   
If anyone wants to keep his life safe, he will lose it. If anyone gives up his life because of Me, he will save it.
Revised Geneva Translation   
“For whoever would save his life, shall lose it. And whoever shall lose his life, for My sake, shall find it.
The Voice Bible   
The person who wants to save his life must lose it, and she who loses her life for Me will find it.
Living Bible   
For anyone who keeps his life for himself shall lose it; and anyone who loses his life for me shall find it again.
New Catholic Bible   
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Legacy Standard Bible   
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
For whosoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Christian Standard Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
For whoever is bent on saving his [temporal] life [his comfort and security here] shall lose it [eternal life]; and whoever loses his life [his comfort and security here] for My sake shall find it [life everlasting].
New Century Version   
Those who want to save their lives will give up true life, and those who give up their lives for me will have true life.
The Message   
Then Jesus went to work on his disciples. “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 finding yourself, your true self. What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for?
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
In fact whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Mounce Reverse Interlinear New Testament   
For whoever resolves to save · his life will lose it; but whoever loses · his life for my sake will find 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 will find it.
New Matthew Bible   
For whosoever would save his life, will lose it. And whosoever loses his life for my sake, will find it.
Good News Translation®   
For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for my sake, you will find it.
Wycliffe Bible   
for he that will make his life safe, shall lose it; and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.
New Testament for Everyone   
Yes: if someone wants to save their life, they must lose it; and if anyone loses their life for my sake they will find it.
Contemporary English Version   
If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find it.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
J.B. Phillips New Testament   
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow in my footsteps he must give up all right to himself, take up his cross and follow me. For the man who wants to save his life will lose it; but the man who loses his life for my sake will find it. For what good is it for a man to gain the whole world at the price of his own soul? What could a man offer to buy back his soul once he had lost it?
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 will find 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 will find it.
Common English Bible © 2011   
All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me will find 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 will find it [that is, life with Me for all eternity].
English Standard Version Anglicised   
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
New American Standard Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find 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], and those who ·give up [lose; sacrifice] their lives for ·me [my sake] will ·have true life [find life].
Tree of Life Version   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
Revised Standard Version   
For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
New International Reader's Version   
Whoever wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever loses their life for me will find it.
BRG Bible   
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Complete Jewish Bible   
For whoever wants to save his own life will destroy it, but whoever destroys his life for my sake will find it.
Worldwide English (New Testament)   
Anyone who wants to keep his life will lose it. And anyone who gives up his life for my sake 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 will find it.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
For whoever wishes to save his nefesh shall lose it; but whoever loses his nefesh on account of me [Moshiach] shall find it.
Names of God Bible   
Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me will find them.
Modern English Version   
For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find 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 will find true life.
International Children’s Bible   
Whoever wants to save his life will give up true life. And whoever gives up his life for me will have true life.
Lexham English Bible   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me will find it.
New International Version - UK   
For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
Disciples Literal New Testament   
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it. But whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.