| For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it. | For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it. |
| He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside can’t defile him, because it doesn’t go into his heart, but into his stomach, then into the latrine, making all foods clean?” | He said to them, “Then do you also fail to understand? Do you not see that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile, since it enters, not the heart but the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?” (Thus he declared all foods clean.) |
| For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. | For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. |
| Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established. | Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed. |
| Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. | Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. |
| 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. | For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. |
| Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things. | Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. |
| For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
| This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ. | And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. |
| For whoever finds me finds life, and will obtain favor from Yahweh. | For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord. |
| I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments. | I hurry and do not delay to keep your commandments. |
| Don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. | Do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. |
| The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life. | The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. |
| The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he. | The Rock, his work is perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is he. |
| Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many. | Hear, my child, and accept my words, that the years of your life may be many. |
| Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. | No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. |
| A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit. | A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. |
| Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life. | By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. |
| The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats. | Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats. |
| For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. | For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. |
| He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor. | Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor. |
| Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. | Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
| For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace. | To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. |
| Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.” | Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.” |
| Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life. | Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. |
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