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


In Context

33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. "Get behind me, Satan!" he said. "You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."

34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it.

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

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

38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory 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 Douay-Rheims Version 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 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?