And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?

The disciples were astounded. “Then who in the world can be saved?” they asked.

will receive now in return a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property—along with persecution. And in the world to come that person will have eternal life.

So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them.

Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in many parts of the world, as well as famines. But this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.

For there will be greater anguish in those days than at any time since God created the world. And it will never be so great again.

And he will send out his angels to gather his chosen ones from all over the world—from the farthest ends of the earth and heaven.

I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”

And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.