Mark 8:36
For what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul?
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
In Context
37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Cross References
Matthew 16:26For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid away for many years; relax; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’
Romans 6:21So what fruit did you have then of which things you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.
Matthew Henry on Mark 8:28-38
Peter's Enlightened Testimony; Peter Rebuked. 27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cæsarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. 29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. 31 And he began to teach them, that the… Read the whole commentary →