Matthew 16:26
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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?
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Mark 8:36-37
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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?
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Job 27:8
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8 For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off,
when God takes away their lives?(A)
Luke 12:20
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20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’(A)
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Luke 9:25
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25 For what does it profit them if they gain the whole world but lose or forfeit themselves?(A)
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Psalm 49:7-8
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7 Truly, no ransom avails for one’s life;[a]
there is no price one can give to God for it.(A)
8 For the ransom of life is costly
and can never suffice,(B)
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- 49.7 Or no one can ransom a brother
Luke 16:25
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25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.(A)
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Matthew 5:29
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29 If your right eye causes you to sin,[a] tear it out and throw it away; it is better for you to lose one of your members than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.[b](A)
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Job 2:4
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4 Then the accuser[a] answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! All that the man has he will give for his life.
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- 2.4 Heb the satan
Matthew 4:8-9
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8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, 9 and he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”
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