Luke 9:24 · WEB
“For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.”
— Luke 9:24
Era
Life of Jesus (~30 AD)
Emotion
deciding
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
Promise of Godparadoxeternal life
This verse is part of Luke 9. The full chapter reveals the story around it.
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