Mark 8:36

New American Bible - revised edition

What profit is there for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

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What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? Or what can one give in exchange for his life?

Do not fear when a man becomes rich, when the wealth of his house grows great.

What profit is there for one to gain the whole world yet lose or forfeit himself?

But what profit did you get then from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

You have said, “It is useless to serve God; what do we gain by observing God’s requirements, And by going about as mourners before the Lord of hosts?

The satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

Can a man be profitable to God? Can a wise man be profitable to him?

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it.

What could one give in exchange for his life?