Conditions of Discipleship. Luke 14:25-27 to the crowds; Mark 8:34 to crowd and disciples; Mt. to disciples. The highest good must be clung to at all costs, though cases of its conflict with the fifth commandment are happily comparatively rare (Matthew 15:4-6 *). If we keep Matthew 10:38 before Matthew 16:21, there is here no prediction of Jesus-' death, but a general and only too well understood reference to agony and shame.
Matthew 10:39 is found, with slight modifications, in five other passages; here = Luke 17:33: Matthew 16:25 = Mark 8:35 = Luke 9:24; and John 12:25. life (psuche) is (a) physical, (b) the higher life of the soul; lose = be deprived of loseth = sacrifices. The - finding-' in the first clause is for the moment; in the second, for eternity.