Parallel Verses
Montgomery New Testament
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?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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?
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
because what profit will a person have if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
A Conservative Version
For what does it profit a men, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
American Standard Version
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?
Amplified
An Understandable Version
For what benefit is it to a person if he gains the whole world [of material things] but [has to] give up his life [i.e., all the spiritual blessings]? Or what should a person give in exchange for his life?
Anderson New Testament
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own life? Or, what will a man give as the ransom of his life?
Bible in Basic English
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?
Common New Testament
What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?
Daniel Mace New Testament
what advantage is it to a man to gain the whole world at the price of his life? or what would not a man pay down to preserve his life?
Darby Translation
For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Godbey New Testament
For what is a man profited, if he may gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Goodspeed New Testament
For what good will it do a man if he gains the whole world but parts with his life? What can a man give to buy back his life?
John Wesley New Testament
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?
Julia Smith Translation
For what is a man profited, if he should gain the whole world, and injure his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
King James 2000
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?
Lexham Expanded Bible
For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?
Modern King James verseion
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?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What shall it profit a man, though he should win all the whole world, if he lose his own soul? Or else, what shall a man give to redeem his soul again withal?
Moffatt New Testament
What profit will it be if a man gains the whole world and forfeits his own soul? What will a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?
NET Bible
For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
New Heart English Bible
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Noyes New Testament
For what will a man be profited, if be gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?
Sawyer New Testament
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his life? Or what will a man give as an exchange for his life?
The Emphasized Bible
For what shall a man be profited, though, the whole world, he gain, and, his life, he forfeit? Or what shall a man give, in exchange for his life?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For what would a man be advantaged, though he could gain the whole world, if he should suffer the loss of his soul? or what will a man give as the ransom for his soul?
Twentieth Century New Testament
What good will it do a man to gain the whole world, if he forfeits his life? or what will a man give that is of equal value with his life?
Webster
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?
Weymouth New Testament
Why, what benefit will it be to a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what shall a man give to buy back his life?
Williams New Testament
For what benefit will it be to a man, if he gains the whole world and loses his higher life? What price would a man pay to buy back his life?
World English Bible
For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
Worrell New Testament
for what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and suffer damage as to his soul? or what will a man give as an exchange for his soul?
Worsley New Testament
For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give as a ransom for his soul?
Youngs Literal Translation
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?
Themes
Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Jews, the » Despised all strangers
Life » Lessons of » Precious, regarded by Christ as
Profit » What is not profitable
Profit and loss » Profit » Sin unprofitable, general references to
Self-denial » Danger of neglecting
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 16:26
Prayers for Matthew 16:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Taking Up One's Cross To Follow Jesus
25 For he who wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 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? 27 For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father, and his angels with him, and then will he reward each one in accordance with his actions.
Cross References
Luke 12:20
"But God said to him. 'Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be?
Matthew 4:8-9
Then the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and showed all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them,
Matthew 5:29
And if your eye, your right eye, entices you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to lose one of your bodily organs, than to have your whole body go down into the pit.
Mark 8:36-37
For what shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own life?
Luke 9:25
"For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose or forfeit himself?
Luke 16:25
"'Remember my son.' said Abraham, 'that you had in your lifetime all your good things, and in the same way Lazarus his evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.