Mark 8:36

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For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?

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For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give in return for his life?

For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?

But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.

You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?

Then Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it.

For what can a man give in return for his life?