Mark 8:36
For what is a man profited, if the whole world he gain, and his soul be lost?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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 son of man give (as) the compensation for his soul?
Cross References
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?
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.
Romans 6:21And what product had you then from that of which to-day you are ashamed? For the end of it 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 →