The God-Given Task

⁹ What gain have the workers from their toil?^(A)

¹⁶ This also is a grievous ill: just as they came, so shall they go, and what gain do they have from toiling for the wind?^(A)

²² What do mortals get from all the toil and strain with which they toil under the sun?^(A)

¹¹ Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.^(A)

²⁷ Do not work for the food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For it is on him that God the Father has set his seal.”^(A)

³⁶ For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? ³⁷ Indeed, what can they give in return for their life?

²⁶ For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?