Mark 8:35 · WEB
“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.”
— Mark 8:35
Era
Life of Jesus (~30 AD)
Emotion
deciding
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
Promise of Godparadoxsacrifice
This verse is part of Mark 8. The full chapter reveals the story around it.
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