Matthew 16:26

New English Translation

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?

Cross References

Job 2:4

But Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

Job 27:8

For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Matthew 16:25

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

Luke 9:25

For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?