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25 Anyone who wants to keep his life will lose it. And anyone who gives up his life for my sake will find it.

26 What good will it do a man if he gets the whole world for himself, but loses his life? What can a person give to get back his life?

27 The Son of Man will come with his angels and will be great like his Father. Then he will pay every man for what he has done.

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25 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.(A) 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? 27 For the Son of Man(B) is going to come(C) in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 16:25 The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verse 26.