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The Book of Luke, Chapter 17, Verse 33

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32
‹Remember Lot's wife.›
King James Version
‹Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.›
American Standard Version
Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose [his life] shall preserve it.
New English Translation
yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’”
World English Bible
Whoever seeks to save his life loses it, but whoever loses his life preserves it.
34
‹I tell you, in that night there shall be two› [men] ‹in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.›
35
‹Two› [women] ‹shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.›
36
‹Two› [men] ‹shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.›
37
And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, ‹Wheresoever the body› [is], ‹thither will the eagles be gathered together.›
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And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
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Saying, ‹There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:›
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‹And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.›
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‹And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;›
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‹Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.›
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And the Lord said, ‹Hear what the unjust judge saith.›