Discovery BoxMark 8:35 
Context8:35 For whoever wants to save his life 1 will lose it, 2 but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
Mark 14:9
Context14:9 I tell you the truth, 3 wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
1 tn Or “soul” (throughout vv. 35-37).
2 sn The point of the saying whoever wants to save his life will lose it is that if one comes to Jesus then rejection by many will certainly follow. If self-protection is a key motivation, then one will not respond to Jesus and will not be saved. One who is willing to risk rejection will respond and find true life.
3 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
