Matthew 16:26

Weymouth NT

Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?

Cross References

Matthew 16:25

For whoever desires to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake shall find it.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the Father with His angels, and then will He requite every man according to his actions.

Matthew 5:29

If therefore your eye, even the right eye, is a snare to you, tear it out and away with it; it is better for you that one member should be destroyed rather than that your whole body should be thrown into Gehenna.

Luke 12:20

»But God said to him,« `Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations–for whom shall they be?'

Luke 16:25

»`Remember, my child,' said Abraham, `that you had all your good things during your lifetime, and that Lazarus in like manner had his bad things. But, now and here, he is receiving consolation and you are in agony.«

Luke 9:25

Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to have lost or forfeited his own self.