36For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?


In Context

33 Who turning about and seeing his disciples, threatened Peter, saying: Go behind me, Satan, because thou savorest not the things that are of God, but that are of men.

34 And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

35 For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel, shall save it.

36 For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?

37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

38 For he that shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation: the Son of man also will be ashamed of him, when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.

Mark 8:36 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:36What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:36For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:36For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:36For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:36For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:36for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?