Matthew 16:26

Modern English Version

For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Cross References

Job 2:4

The Adversary answered the Lord, saying, “Skin for skin; yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he may gain much, when God takes away his soul?

Matthew 16:25

For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man shall come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will repay every man according to his works.

Matthew 5:29

And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away. For it is profitable that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body be thrown into hell.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This night your soul will be required of you. Then whose will those things be which you have provided?’

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented.

Luke 9:25

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet loses or forfeits himself?