Mark 8:36
For, what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his life?
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 will a man give in exchange for his life?
Cross References
Matthew 16:26For what will it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and shall lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Luke 12:19and I will say to my soul: My soul, thou hast good things in abundance, which are stored up for many years; take thy ease; eat, drink, and live in pleasure.
Romans 6:21And what harvest had ye then, in that of which ye are now ashamed? For the result thereof 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 →