Matthew 16:26
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Study Note
Jesus' rhetorical question — 'what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?' — sets cosmic acquisition against the incalculable worth of the individual person. The Greek 'psychē' (soul/self/life) resists reduction to mere spiritual substance; it denotes the whole self, the animating centre of human existence whose value no temporal profit can match. The verse is embedded in the first Passion prediction (verses 21-28), suggesting that its economics of self-loss and gain are christological: the cross is the supreme demonstration that life is found through losing it. Mark 8:36-37 and Luke 9:25 preserve identical sayings, confirming the aphorism was preserved as a core summary of Jesus' counter-cultural economics of value.
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For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
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And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for …
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, …
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for …
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?