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Mark 8:36

New International Reader's Version

What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses their soul?

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Satan replied, “A man will give everything he has to save himself. So Job is willing to give up the lives of his family to save his own life.

“Can any person be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person be of any help to him?

They won’t take anything with them when they die. Their riches won’t go down to the grave with them.

“You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. What do we gain by obeying his laws? And what do we get by pretending to be sad in front of the Lord?

What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses their soul? Or what can anyone trade for their soul?

Whoever wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever loses their life for me and for the good news will save it.

Or what can anyone trade for their soul?

What good is it if someone gains the whole world but loses or gives up their very self?

What benefit did you gain from doing the things you are now ashamed of? Those things lead to death!