Luke 9:25
What good is it for a person to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit himself?
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
In Context
24Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
Cross References
Matthew 13:48When it was filled, the fishermen drew it up on the beach. Then they sat down and gathered the good things into containers, but the worthless things they threw away.
Matthew 16:26For what does it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? What can a person give in exchange for his life?
Mark 9:43If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than to have two hands and to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
Luke 12:19I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods stored up for many years. Rest easy, eat, drink, be merry.”'
Acts 1:18(Now this man bought a field with the earnings he received for his wickedness, and there he fell headfirst, and his body burst open, and all his intestines poured out.
1 Corinthians 9:27But I subdue my body and make it a slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself may not be disqualified.
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:19-28
Peter's Enlightened Testimony;Self-Denial Enjoined. 18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? 19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. 20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; 22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer… Read the whole commentary →