Luke 9:25
For what is helped a son of man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his soul, or perish?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
Cross References
Matthew 13:48And when it was full, they drew to the shore, and sat down, and selected; and the good they threw into vessels, and the bad they cast without.
Matthew 16:26For what shall a man be profited, if the whole world he shall acquire, and his soul shall perish? or what equivalent shall a man give for his soul?
Mark 9:43But if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: better for thee mutilated to go into life, than having two hands to go into gihana;
Luke 12:19and I will say to my soul, My soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years: be at ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Acts 1:18This is he who obtained the field with the wages of sin, and fell upon his face on the ground, and was severed in his middle, and all his bowels were shed forth.
1 Corinthians 9:27but my body I subdue and make subservient, lest when to others I shall have preached, I my very self shall be rejected.
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 →