Matthew 16:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?

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  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite when he hath heaped vp riches, if God take away his soule?
  • Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said vnto him, O foole, this night wil they fetch away thy soule fro thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided?
  • Mark 8:36-37 : 36 For what shall it profite a man, though he should winne the whole world, if he lose his soule? 37 Or what exchange shall a man giue for his soule?
  • Luke 9:25 : 25 For what auantageth it a man, if he win the whole worlde, and destroy himselfe, or lose himselfe?
  • Ps 49:7-8 : 7 Yet a man can by no meanes redeeme his brother: he can not giue his raunsome to God, 8 (So precious is the redemption of their soules, and the continuance for euer)
  • Matt 5:29 : 29 Wherefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend, plucke it out, & cast it from thee: for better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham saide, Sonne, remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasures, and likewise Lazarus paines: now therefore is he comforted, and thou art tormented.
  • Matt 4:8-9 : 8 Againe the deuil tooke him vp into an exceeding hie mountaine, and shewed him all the kingdomes of the world, and the glory of them, 9 And sayd to him, All these will I giue thee, if thou wilt fall downe, and worship me.
  • Job 2:4 : 4 And Satan answered the Lorde, and sayde, Skin for skin, and all that euer a man hath, will he giue for his life.

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    35For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: but whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospels, he shall saue it.

    36For what shall it profite a man, though he should winne the whole world, if he lose his soule?

    37Or what exchange shall a man giue for his soule?

  • Luke 9:23-26
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    23And he sayd to them all, If any man will come after me, let him denie himselfe, & take vp his crosse dayly, and followe me.

    24For whosoeuer will saue his life, shal lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall saue it.

    25For what auantageth it a man, if he win the whole worlde, and destroy himselfe, or lose himselfe?

    26For whosoeuer shall be ashamed of me, and of my wordes, of him shall the Sonne of man be ashamed, when hee shall come in his glorie, and in the glorie of the Father, and of the holy Angels.

  • Matt 16:24-25
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    24Iesus then saide to his disciples, If any man will follow me, let him forsake himselfe: and take vp his crosse, and followe me.

    25For whosoeuer will saue his life, shall lose it: and whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake, shall finde it.

  • Matt 10:39
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    39He that will finde his life, shall lose it: & he that loseth his life for my sake, shal finde it.

  • Luke 17:33
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    33Whosoeuer will seeke to saue his soule, shall loose it: and whosoeuer shall loose it, shall get it life.

  • John 12:25
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    25He that loueth his life, shall lose it, and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keepe it vnto life eternall.

  • Matt 16:27
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    27For the Sonne of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his Angels, and then shal he giue to euery man according to his deedes.

  • Luke 14:33-34
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    33So likewise, whosoeuer hee be of you, that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

    34Salt is good: but if salt haue lost his sauour, wherewith shall it be salted?

  • Matt 6:24-25
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    24No man can serue two masters: for eyther he shall hate the one, and loue the other, or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and riches.

    25Therefore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your life, what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drinke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth then meate? and the bodie then raiment?

  • Luke 18:30
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    30Which shall not receiue much more in this world, and in the world to come life euerlasting.

  • Luke 12:15-16
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    15Wherefore he said vnto them, Take heede, and beware of couetousnesse: for though a man haue abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches.

    16And he put foorth a parable vnto them, saying, The grounde of a certaine riche man brought foorth fruites plenteously.

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    46Who hauing found a pearle of great price, went and solde all that he had, and bought it.

  • John 6:27
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    27Labour not for ye meate which perisheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shal giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

  • Luke 16:12-13
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    12And if ye haue not bene faithfull in another mans goods, who shall giue you that which is yours?

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    18And he said, This wil I do, I wil pul downe my barnes, and builde greater, and therein will I gather all my fruites, and my goods.

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    20But God said vnto him, O foole, this night wil they fetch away thy soule fro thee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast prouided?

    21So is he that gathereth riches to himselfe, and is not riche in God.

    22And he spake vnto his disciples, Therefore I say vnto you, Take no thought for your life, what yee shall eate: neither for your body, what yee shall put on.

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    11For the Sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost.

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    29And whosoeuer shal forsake houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, he shall receiue an hundreth folde more, and shall inherite euerlasting life.

    30But many that are first, shalbe last, and the last shalbe first.

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    10For the Sonne of man is come to seeke, and to saue that which was lost.

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    26Then said they that heard it, And who then can be saued?

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