Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.
Mark 8:36 - English Standard Version 2016 For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit 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? Catholic Public Domain Version For how does it benefit a man, if he gains the whole world, and yet causes harm to his soul? 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? |
Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “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 when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.