26 What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?

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26 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?[a] Is anything worth more than your soul?

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Footnotes

  1. 16:26 Or your self? also in 16:26b.

24-26 Then Jesus went to work on his disciples. “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self. What kind of deal is it to get everything you want but lose yourself? What could you ever trade your soul for?

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26 For what good will it do a person if he gains the whole world, but [a]forfeits his soul? Or what will a person give in exchange for his soul?

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  1. Matthew 16:26 I.e., suffers the loss of

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?

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