Answering him, Satan said, "Skin for skin; and everything that a man has, he will give for his life.
Mark 8:36 - Catholic Public Domain Version For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, and yet causes harm to his soul? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life [in the eternal kingdom of God]? American Standard Version (1901) For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? Common English Bible Why would people gain the whole world but lose their lives? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? English Standard Version 2016 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? |
Answering him, Satan said, "Skin for skin; and everything that a man has, he will give for his life.
Truly, you have hated discipline, and you have cast my sermons behind you.
And you have said, "What have we spoken against you?" You have said, "He labors in vain who serves God," and, "What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?
For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, yet truly suffers damage to his soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
For whoever will have chosen to save his life, will lose it. But whoever will have lost his life, for my sake and for the Gospel, shall save it.
For how does it benefit a man, if he were to gain the whole world, yet lose himself, or cause himself harm?
But what fruit did you hold at that time, in those things about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.