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Mark 8:34-35 ALT
(34) And having summoned the crowd, with His disciples, He said to them, "Whoever desires to be following after Me, let him deny [or, disown] himself and take up his cross and be following Me. (35) "For whoever is desiring to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his own life on account of Me and the Gospel, will save it.

Mark 8:34-35 GNB
(34) Then Jesus called the crowd and his disciples to him. "If any of you want to come with me," he told them, "you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me. (35) For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for me and for the gospel, you will save it.

Mark 8:34, 35 NWT
34 He now called the crowd to him with his disciples and said to them: "If anyone wants to come after me, let him disown himself and pick up his torture stake and follow me continually. 35 For whoever wants to save his soul will lose it; but whoever loses his soul for the sake of me and the good news will save it.

Mark 8:34-35 GW
(34) Then Jesus called the crowd to himself along with his disciples. He said to them, "Those who want to follow me must say no to the things they want, pick up their crosses, and follow me. (35) Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me and for the Good News will save them.

Mark 8:34-35 CEV
(34) Jesus then told the crowd and the disciples to come closer, and he said: If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross and follow me. (35) If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me and for the good news, you will save it.

Mark 8:34-35 BBE
(34) And turning to the mass of people with his disciples, he said to them, If any man has the desire to come after me, let him give up all other desires, and take up his cross and come after me. (35) Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation