Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
"For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
What profit will a person have if he gains the whole world, but destroys himself or is lost?
A Conservative Version
For what is a man benefited, having gained the whole world, but having lost or having forfeited himself?
American Standard Version
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For what is a person benefited if he gains the whole world [i.e., of material things] and [yet] loses [his spiritual life] or gives himself up [to spiritual ruin]?
Anderson New Testament
For what will it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and destroy himself, or be lost?
Bible in Basic English
For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?
Common New Testament
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
Daniel Mace New Testament
what advantage is it for a man to have gain'd the whole world, if he himself runs into utter loss and ruin?
Darby Translation
For what shall a man profit if he shall have gained the whole world, and have destroyed, or come under the penalty of the loss of himself?
Godbey New Testament
For what is a man profited, gaining the whole world, and losing or forfeiting himself?
Goodspeed New Testament
What good does it do a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?
John Wesley New Testament
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whble world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Julia Smith Translation
For what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost himself, or having been damaged?
King James 2000
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or suffer loss?
Lexham Expanded Bible
For what is a person benefited [if he] gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
Modern King James verseion
For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world and loses himself, or is cast away?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For what shall it advantage a man, to win the whole world, if he lose himself: or run in damage of himself?
Moffatt New Testament
What profit will it be for a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?
NET Bible
For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?
New Heart English Bible
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
Noyes New Testament
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit himself?
Sawyer New Testament
For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world and destroys himself, or loses his life?
The Emphasized Bible
For what doth a man profit, who hath gained the whole world, but hath lost, or been made to forfeit, himself?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For what advantage hath a man in gaining all the would, if he destroy himself, or be punished with the loss of life?
Twentieth Century New Testament
What good does it do a man if, when he has gained the whole world, he has lost or forfeited himself?
Webster
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
Weymouth New Testament
Why, what benefit is it to a man to have gained the whole world, but to have lost or forfeited his own self.
Williams New Testament
For what benefit will it be to a man to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?
World English Bible
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
Worrell New Testament
For what is a man profited, in having gained the whole world, but having lost or forfeited himself?
Worsley New Testament
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be destroyed?
Youngs Literal Translation
for what is a man profited, having gained the whole world, and having lost or having forfeited himself?
Themes
Denial » Denying yourself for jesus Christ
Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Life » Who shall lose their life
Life » Lessons of » Precious, regarded by Christ as
Life » Who shall save their life
Losing and things lost » Who shall lose their life
Profit » What is not profitable
Profit and loss » Profit » Sin unprofitable, general references to
Salvation » Who shall save their life
Shame » Those that are ashamed of jesus Christ
Shame » Who jesus Christ will be ashamed of
Sin » Unpardonable, the » Unprofitable
Stoicism » Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses,"
Worldliness » Seen in the tendency to imitate worldly customs, etc » Unprofitable
Topics
Interlinear
De
heautou
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 9:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus
24 "For whoever wills to save his life shall lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake shall save it. 25 "For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself? 26 "For whoever is ashamed of me and of my teachings, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when he comes in his own and in his Father's glory, and in that of the holy angels.
Names
Cross References
Matthew 13:48
"When it was full they hauled it upon the beach, and sat down and sorted the good fish into baskets, but threw the worthless fish away.
Matthew 13:50
"There shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 16:26
What will it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:36
For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?
Mark 9:43-48
"If your hand cause you to stumble, cut it off! It is better to be maimed and to enter into life than to have two hands and go away into hell, into the fire that cannot be put out.
Luke 4:5-7
And the devil led him up and showed him all the kingdoms of the inhabited earth in an instant of time, and the devil said to him.
Luke 12:19-21
"'And I will say to my soul, "'Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years! Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.'
Luke 16:24-25
"And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham have mercy on me; and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'
Acts 1:18
"Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder and all his bowels gushed out.
Acts 1:25
"in this ministry of this apostles from which Judas went out to go to his own place."
1 Corinthians 9:27
but I bruise my body and keep it in subjection, lest having called others to the contest, I should myself be disqualified.
2 Peter 2:15-17
They have forsaken the right way; they have lost their way, and followed the road of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wrong-doing.
Revelation 18:7-8
By so much as she glorified herself and waxed wanton, By so much give her of torture and tears, For she says in her heart, 'I sit here a queen, I am no widow. I shall in no wise see mourning.'