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Matthew 16:26 KJV

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?

Matthew 16:26, King James Version

In context

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 according to his works.

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Cross-references

  • Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
  • Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
  • Luke 9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
  • Luke 12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
  • Psalms 49:7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: