Matthew 16:27

For 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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In The King James Version

For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

In Context

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?

28Truly I say to you, there are some of you standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.”

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Cross References

Job 34:11For he pays back a person's work; 1 he makes every man come upon the reward of his own ways. 1

Proverbs 24:12If you say, “Behold, we knew nothing about this,” 1 does not the one who weighs the heart understand what you are saying? 1 The one who guards your life, does he not know it? 1 Will God not give to each one what he deserves? 1

Jeremiah 17:10I am Yahweh, the one who searches through the mind, who tests the hearts. 1 I give to each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds. 1

Ezekiel 7:27The king will mourn and the prince will dress in despair, 1 while the hands of the people of the land will tremble in fear. According to their own ways I will do this to them! 1 I will judge them with their own standards until they know that I am Yahweh.'”

Zechariah 14:5Then you will flee down the valley between Yahweh's mountains, for the valley between those mountains will reach to Azel. You will flee just as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come and all the holy ones will be with him.

Matthew 10:41He who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and he who welcomes a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.

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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