Matthew 16:26

Coverdale Bible (1535)

What helpeth it a man though he wanne the whole worlde, and yet suffred harme in his soule? Or what can a man geue, to redeme his soule withall?

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  • Job 27:8 : 8 What hope hath ye Ypocrite, though he haue greate good, and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre?
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole, this night shal they requyre thy soule from the, and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared?
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 What helpeth it a ma though he wane the whole worlde, and yet toke harme in his soule? 37 Or, what can a man geue, to redeme his soule withall?
  • Luke 9:25 : 25 For what auauntage hath a man, though he wanne the whole worlde, and loseth himself, or runneth in dammage of himself?
  • Ps 49:7-8 : 7 No man maye deliuer his brother, ner make agrement for him vnto God. 8 For it costeth more to redeme their soules, so that he must let that alone for euer.
  • Matt 5:29 : 29 Wherfore yf thy right eye offende the, plucke hym out, and cast him from the. Better it is for the, that one of thy membres perisshe, then that thy whole body shulde be cast in to hell.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraha saide: Remebre sonne, yt thou hast receaued good in yi life, & contrary wyse Lazarus receaued euell. But now is he comforted, and thou art tormented.
  • Matt 4:8-9 : 8 Agayne, the deuyll toke hym vp and led hym into an excedynge hye mountayne, and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde, and all the glorie of them, 9 and sayde vnto hym: all these wil I geue the, yf thou wilt fall downe and worship me.
  • Job 2:4 : 4 Sathan answered the LORDE, and sayde: Skynne for skynne? yee a man will geue all yt euer he hath, for his life.

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  • Mark 8:35-37
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    35For who so euer wyl saue his life, shal lose it: and who so euer loseth his life for my sake and ye gospels, ye same shal saue it.

    36What helpeth it a ma though he wane the whole worlde, and yet toke harme in his soule?

    37Or, what can a man geue, to redeme his soule withall?

  • Luke 9:23-26
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    23Then sayde he vnto them all: Yf eny ma wil folowe me, let hi denie himself, & take vp his crosse daylie, & folowe me.

    24For who so euer wil saue his life, shal lose it. But who so loseth his life for my sake, shal saue it.

    25For what auauntage hath a man, though he wanne the whole worlde, and loseth himself, or runneth in dammage of himself?

    26Who so is ashamed of me and of my sayenges, of him shall the sonne of ma also be ashamed, whan he commeth in his glory, and in the glory of his father, and of the holy angels.

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    24Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples: Yf eny man wil folowe me, let him forsake himself, & take vp his crosse, and folowe me.

    25For who so wil saue his life, shal lose it: but whoso loseth his life for my sake, shal fynde it.

  • 39Who so fyndeth his life, shal lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shal fynde it.

  • 33Who so euer goeth aboute to saue his life, shal lose it: and who so euer shal lose it, shal saue it.

  • 25He that loueth his life, shal lose it: and he that hateth his life in this worlde, shal kepe it vnto life euerlastinge.

  • 27For it wil come to passe, that the sonne of ma shal come in the glory of his father with his angels, and then shal he rewarde euery one acordinge to his dedes.

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    33So likewyse euery one of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, can not be my disciple.

    34Salt is a good thinge: but yf the salt be vnsauery, what shal they season withall.

  • Matt 6:24-25
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    24No ma can serue two masters. For ether he shall hate the one and loue the other: or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other: Ye can not serue God and mammon.

    25Therfore I saye vnto you: be not ye carefull for your lyfe, what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drinke: nor yet for youre body, what ye shal put on. Ys not the lyfe more worth the meate, and the body more of value then raymet?

  • 30which shal not receaue moch more in this tyme, and euerlastinge life in the worlde to come.

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    15And he sayde vnto them: Take hede, and bewarre of couetousnesse, for no man lyueth therof, that he hath abundaunce of goodes.

    16And he tolde them a symilitude, and sayde: There was a riche man, whose felde had brought forth frutes plenteously,

  • 46& wha he had founde a precious pearle, he wete and solde all that he had, & bought it.

  • 27Laboure not for the meate which perisheth but yt endureth vnto euerlastinge life, which the sonne of ma shal geue you: For him hath God the father sealed.

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    12And yf ye haue not bene faithfull in anothers mans busynesse, who wil geue you that which is youre awne?

    13No seruaunt can serue two masters: for either he shal hate the one, and loue ye other: or els he shal leane to the one, and despyse the other. Ye can not serue God and Mammon.

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    18And he sayde: This wil I do, I wil breake downe my barnes, & buylde greater, and therin wil I gather all myne increace, & my goodes,

    19& wil saye vnto my soule: Soule, thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares, take now thine ease, eate, drinke, and be mery.

    20But God sayde vnto him: Thou foole, this night shal they requyre thy soule from the, and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared?

    21Thus goeth it with him yt gathereth treasure for himself, and is not riche in God.

    22But he sayde vnto his disciples: Therfore I saye vnto you: Take ye no thought for youre life, what ye shal eate: nether for youre body, what ye shal put on.

    23The life is more then meate, and the body more then raymet.

  • 11for the sonne of man is come to saue that which is lost.

  • 29Iesus answered & sayde: Verely I saye vnto you: There is no man that forsaketh house, or brethren, or sisters, or father or mother, or wife, or children, or londes for my sake and the gospels,

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    29And who so euer forsaketh houses or brethre, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or londes, for my names sake, the same shal receaue an hundreth folde, and inheret euerlastinge life.

    30But many that be the first, shalbe the last: and the last shalbe the first.

  • 28And feare ye not them that kyll the body, and be not able to kyll the soule. But rather feare hi, which is able to destroye both soule and body in to hell.

  • 3For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?

  • 10For the sonne of ma is come, to seke and to saue that which was lost.

  • 25For who so hath, vnto him shal be geuen: and who so hath not, from him shalbe taken awaye, euen that he hath.

  • 8He that soweth vpon the flesh, shal of the flesh reape destruccion: But he that soweth vpon ye sprete, shal of the sprete reape life euerlastinge.

  • 28Euen as the sonne of man came, not to be serued, but to do seruyce, and to geue his life to a redepcion for many.

  • 63It is ye sprete that quyckeneth, ye flesh profiteth nothinge. The wordes that I speake, are sprete, and are life.

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    26Yf eny man come vnto me, and hate not his father, mother, wife, childre, brethre, sisters, yee and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.

    27And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse, and foloweth me, can not be my disciple.

  • 14& yet ca not tell what shal happe to morowe. For what thinge is youre life? It is euen a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme, and the vanysheth awaye:

  • 29Wherfore yf thy right eye offende the, plucke hym out, and cast him from the. Better it is for the, that one of thy membres perisshe, then that thy whole body shulde be cast in to hell.

  • 26Then sayde they yt herde that: Who can then be saued?

  • 21Iesus sayde vnto him: Yf thou wilt be perfecte, go thy waye and sell that thou hast, & geue it vnto the poore, and thou shalt haue a treasure in heauen, and come and folowe me.

  • 21For where youre treasure is, there is youre herte also.

  • 9For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion.

  • 13Ye are ye salt of the earth, but and yf the salt haue lost his saltnes, what can be salted therwith? It is thence forth good for nothynge, but to be cast out, and to be trodden vnder fote of men.