Luke 17:33

33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.

Luke 17:33 in Other Translations

KJV
33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
ESV
33 Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will keep it.
NLT
33 If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you will save it.
MSG
33 If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms.
CSB
33 Whoever tries to make his life secure will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Luke 17:33 In-Context

31 On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything.
32 Remember Lot’s wife!
33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it.
34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left.
35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.”

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