Matthew 16:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself? What would you give to get back your soul?

Cross References

Job 2:4

Satan answered, “There's no pain like your own. People will do anything to stay alive.

Job 27:8

Such people are hopeless, and God All-Powerful will cut them down,

Matthew 16:25

If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

Matthew 16:27

The Son of Man will soon come in the glory of his Father and with his angels to reward all people for what they have done.

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, poke it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body, than for your whole body to end up in hell.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, “You fool! Tonight you will die. Then who will get what you have stored up?”

Luke 16:25

Abraham answered, “My friend, remember that while you lived, you had everything good, and Lazarus had everything bad. Now he is happy, and you are in pain.

Luke 9:25

What will you gain, if you own the whole world but destroy yourself or waste your life?