Matthew 16:26

New International Version

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?

Cross References

Job 27:8

For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?

Luke 9:25

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

Luke 12:20

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

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Job 2:4

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

Matthew 16:25

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

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.