Matthew 16:26
For 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?
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- Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Luke 12:20 : 20 But 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?’
- Mark 8:36-37 : 36 For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life? 37 What can a person give in exchange for his life?
- Luke 9:25 : 25 For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
- 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),
- Matt 5:29 : 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
- Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
- Matt 4:8-9 : 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur. 9 And he said to him,“I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me.”
- Job 2:4 : 4 But 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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- Mark 8:35-373 verses93%
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?
37What can a person give in exchange for his life?
- Luke 9:23-264 verses91%
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 16:24-252 verses85%
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.
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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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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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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.
- Luke 14:33-342 verses72%
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?
- Matt 6:24-252 verses72%
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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30who will not receive many times more in this age– and in the age to come, eternal life.”
- Luke 12:15-162 verses71%
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.”
16He then told them a parable:“The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,
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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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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.”
- Luke 16:12-132 verses70%
12And if you haven’t been trustworthy with someone else’s property, who will give you your own?
13No servant 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.”
- Luke 12:18-236 verses70%
18Then he said,‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
19And I will say to myself,“You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!”’
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?’
21So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God.”
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.
23For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing.
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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
- Matt 19:29-302 verses70%
29And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
30But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
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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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3Futility Illustrated from Nature What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?
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10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
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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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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.
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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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63The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
- Luke 14:26-272 verses68%
26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
27Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
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14You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes.
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29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
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26Those who heard this said,“Then who can be saved?”
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21Jesus said to him,“If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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9Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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13Salt and Light“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people!