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Mark 8:36

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What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

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“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.

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

for they will take nothing with them when they die, their splendor will not descend with them.

“You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What do we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty?

What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?

What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!