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Mark 8:36

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What good does it do for people to win the whole world yet lose their lives?

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Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Certainly, a man will give everything he has for his life.

“Can a human be of any use to God when even a wise person is only useful to himself?

He will not take anything with him when he dies. His greatness cannot follow him.

“You have said, ‘It’s pointless to serve God. What do we gain if we meet his standards or if we walk around feeling sorry for what we’ve done?

What good will it do for people to win the whole world and lose their lives? Or what will a person give in exchange for life?

Those who want to save their lives will lose them. But those who lose their lives for me and for the Good News will save them.

Or what should a person give in exchange for life?

What good does it do for people to win the whole world but lose their lives by destroying them?

What did you gain by doing those things? You’re ashamed of what you used to do because it ended in death.