Matthew 16:26 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life [his blessed life in the kingdom of God]? Or what would a man give as an exchange for his [blessed] life [in the kingdom of God]?

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?

Common English Bible

²⁶ Why would people gain the whole world but lose their lives? What will people give in exchange for their lives?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Matthew 16:26 Cross References

Job 2:4

And Satan answered, and said: Skin for skin, and all that a man hath he will give for his life.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

Matthew 16:25

For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels: and then will he render to every man according to his works.

Matthew 5:29

And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient for thee that one of thy members should perish, rather than that thy whole body be cast into hell.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee: and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?

Luke 16:25

And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things, but now he is comforted; and thou art tormented.

Luke 9:25

For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, and cast away himself?