Matthew 16:26

New Living Translation

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?

Cross References

Job 2:4

Satan replied to the Lord, “Skin for skin! A man will give up everything he has to save his life.

Job 27:8

For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?

Matthew 16:25

If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their deeds.

Matthew 5:29

So if your eye—even your good eye—causes you to lust, 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.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.

Luke 9:25

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but are yourself lost or destroyed?