Matthew 16:26

For 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?

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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?

In Context

25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

27For the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels. Then he will reward every person according to what he has done.

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Cross References

Job 27:8For what is the hope of a godless man when God cuts him off, 1 when God takes away his life? 1

Matthew 4:8Again, the devil took him up to a very high hill and showed him all the kingdoms of the world along with all their splendor.

Mark 8:36What does it profit a person to gain the whole world and then forfeit his life?

Luke 12:20But God said to him, 'Foolish man, tonight your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?'

Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:25-28

The Value of the Soul. 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 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? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man… Read the whole commentary →

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