Matthew
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Matthew 10:39
“He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 10:39 Context
36And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. 39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. 40He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 41He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
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Other Translations for Matthew 10:39
He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
- American Standard Version (1901)
He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.
- Basic English Bible
He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.
- Darby Bible
He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall find it.
- Webster's Bible
To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.
- Weymouth Bible
He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
- World English Bible
He that fyndith his lijf, shal lose it; and he that lesith his lijf for me, shal fynde it.
- Wycliffe Bible
`He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Bible Commentary for Matthew 10:39
Wesley's Notes for Matthew 10:39
10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it - He that saves his life by denying me, shall lose it eternally; and he that loseth his life by confessing me, shall save it eternally. And as you shall be thus rewarded, so in proportion shall they who entertain you for my sake. #Mt 16:25|; John 12:25.
People's Bible Notes for Matthew 10:39
Mt 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it. Whoever counts his life of so much value that he will preserve it by sacrificing his Christian integrity, or will renounce his religion to save his life, will find in the end that he has lost his soul forever for the sake of a few fleeting years; while he who gives up all things, even life itself, will find an abundant reward in the life eternal. "All self-seeking is self-losing". The Divine law is always to give in order to receive.
Discussion for Matthew 10:39
Matthew 10:39 Inspirational Image
God Speaks through Jesus as 'ME' as the 'I Am'. for Jesus sought NOT his OWN life but is FOUND in the Life of the Father, One. This demonstration is the Good News. Go ye and do likewise is Jesus' Call to Joy - and NOT to sacrifice of anything but self-illusion.
The tenant farmers parable represents the mind that thinks IT is given free will to usurp their Master's Estate, that IT should determine all things according to ITS survival in ITS terms - and denied or killed the Messengers of the Master.
This 'consciousness' is but a mind in hiding from its Self that knows not what it does - and it is this that we are called to forgive ourselves for. Them who trespass against us reflects our own hidden self-rejections. But if we delight in their exclusion, we 'sin' by maintaining our own wilfully disguised suffering as proof of 'evil' by which God's Love is denied and our 'tiny' will persists in presenting a self existence that may appeal to love and mimic the forms of love - yet have no love to share.
Unless a living love heals our heart, we see all things through a glass darkly... including Scripture. There is no fear in living love. All interpretations of a fearful nature are fearful propaganda to persist as a power of fearful control in a fearful world as a fearful self!
Jesus came not to usurp love's sharing, but to illuminate its true power in all.
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