Mark 8:37
What can a person give in exchange for his life?
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- Ps 49:7-8 : 7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price 8 (the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),
- 1 Pet 1:18-19 : 18 You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed– not by perishable things like silver or gold, 19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ.
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- Matt 16:24-274 verses90%
24Then Jesus said to his disciples,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
25For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
26For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
27For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.
- Mark 8:34-363 verses89%
34Following Jesus Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and because of the gospel will save it.
36For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life?
- Luke 9:23-264 verses83%
23A Call to Discipleship Then he said to them all,“If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.
24For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.
25For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
26For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
- Matt 10:38-392 verses74%
38And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
39Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it.
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33Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
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38For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
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25The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life.
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8(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),
- Luke 14:33-342 verses69%
33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.
34“Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored?
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8because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
- Luke 18:29-302 verses69%
29Then Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God’s kingdom
30who will not receive many times more in this age– and in the age to come, eternal life.”
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28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
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15Then he said to them,“Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
- Matt 6:24-252 verses68%
24“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
25Do Not Worry“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing?
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27Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life– the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”
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4But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
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34For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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46When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it.
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22Exhortation Not to Worry Then Jesus said to his disciples,“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
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29Jesus said,“I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel
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18The Wealthy Ruler Now a certain leader asked him,“Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
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45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
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37For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
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20But God said to him,‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’
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62Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?
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12Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
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6Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.
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23For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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11for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life.
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30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.
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27Then Peter said to him,“Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”
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21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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25For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”
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12And if you haven’t been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you your own?
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33Trees and Their Fruit“Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.
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8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.