Mark 8:36

The Passion Translation

For what use is it to gain all the wealth and power of this world, with everything it could offer you, at the cost of your own life?

Cross References

Psalm 49:17

For when they die, they will carry nothing with them, and their riches will not follow them beyond the grave.

Matthew 16:26

For even if you were to gain all the wealth and power of this world—at the cost of your own life—what good would that be? And what could be more valuable to you than your own soul?

Mark 8:35

For if you let your life go for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, you will continually experience true life. But if you choose to keep your life for yourself, you will forfeit what you try to keep.

Mark 8:37

And what could be more valuable to you than your own soul?

Luke 9:25

Even if you gained all the wealth and power of this world, and all the things it could offer you, yet lost your soul in the process, what good is that?

Romans 6:21

So tell me, what benefit ensued from doing those things that you’re now ashamed of? It left you with nothing but a legacy of shame and death.