Matthew 16:26

Good News Translation (US Version)

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but lose your life? Of course not! There is nothing you can give to regain your life.

Cross References

Job 27:8

What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life?

Luke 9:25

Will you gain anything if you win the whole world but are yourself lost or defeated? Of course not!

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night you will have to give up your life; then who will get all these things you have kept for yourself?’”

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Remember, my son, that in your lifetime you were given all the good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. But now he is enjoying himself here, while you are in pain.

Matthew 5:29

So if your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is much better for you to lose a part of your body than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

Job 2:4

Satan replied, “A person will give up everything in order to stay alive.

Matthew 16:25

For if you want to save your own life, you will lose it; but if you lose your life for my sake, you will find it.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will reward each one according to his deeds.