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25 For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.[a] 26 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his very life? Or what can he give in exchange for his life?

27 “For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone according to what has been done.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:25 In order to receive eternal life, one must be ready to bear any sacrifice—even the renunciation of earthly life. The Greek word for “life” means either “life” or “soul;” also in v. 26.