Luke 9:25

Catholic Public Domain Version

For how does it benefit a man, if he were to gain the whole world, yet lose himself, or cause himself harm?

Cross References

Matthew 13:48

When it has been filled, drawing it out and sitting beside the shore, they selected the good into vessels, but the bad they threw away.

Matthew 13:50

And they shall cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 16:26

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?

Mark 8:36

For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, and yet causes harm to his soul?

Acts 1:18

And this man certainly possessed an estate from the wages of iniquity, and so, having been hanged, he burst open in the middle and all his internal organs poured out.

Acts 1:25

to take a place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas prevaricated, so that he might go to his own place."

1 Corinthians 9:27

Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.

Hebrews 10:34

For you even had compassion on those who were imprisoned, and you accepted with gladness being deprived of your goods, knowing that you have a better and more lasting substance.