For whosoever will save his life, shall loose it. And whosoever shall loose his life for my sake, shall find it.
Matthew 16:26 - William Tyndale New Testament What shall it profit a man, if he should win all the whole world: so he loose his own soul? Or else what shall a man give to redeem his soul again withall? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life [his blessed life in the kingdom of God]? Or what would a man give as an exchange for his [blessed] life [in the kingdom of God]? American Standard Version (1901) For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? Common English Bible Why would people gain the whole world but lose their lives? What will people give in exchange for their lives? Catholic Public Domain Version 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? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul? |
For whosoever will save his life, shall loose it. And whosoever shall loose his life for my sake, shall find it.
For the son of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his angels, and then shall he reward every man according to his deeds.
¶ Wherefore if thy right eye offend thee, pluck him out, and cast him from thee. Better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish than that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
But God said unto him: Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?
Abraham said unto him: Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.
For what shall it advantage a man, to win the whole world, if he lose himself: or run in damage of himself?