Cross references
John 12:25
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
John 12:25 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Matthew 10:39 (36 votes) and Luke 9:23–24 (29 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 13 other books, from Genesis 29 to Revelation 12.
Which verses does John 12:25 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Matthew 10:3936 votes
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- Luke 9:23–2429 votes
Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
- Mark 8:3528 votes
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
- Luke 17:3326 votes
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
- Matthew 16:2524 votes
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- Luke 14:2619 votes
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
- Matthew 19:2914 votes
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
- Acts 20:2414 votes
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
- Revelation 12:1114 votes
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
- Ecclesiastes 2:175 votes
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Acts 21:134 votes
- Genesis 29:30–33-3 votes
- Hebrews 11:35-4 votes
Which verses point to John 12:25?
The 10 strongest of 21.