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


In Context

33 But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, |Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.|

34 He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, |Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

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

37 For what will a man give in exchange for his life?

38 For whoever will 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 comes 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 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 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?