Mark 8:36-37
Mark 8:34-37 The Message (MSG)
Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for?
Mark 8:36-37 King James Version (KJV)
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?
Mark 8:36-37 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? For what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:36-37 New Century Version (NCV)
It is worthless to have the whole world if they lose their souls. They could never pay enough to buy back their souls.
Mark 8:36-37 American Standard Version (ASV)
For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? For what should a man give in exchange for his life?
Mark 8:36-37 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
Mark 8:36-37 New King James Version (NKJV)
For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:36-37 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world [with all its pleasures], and forfeit his soul? For what will a man give in exchange for his soul and eternal life [in God’s kingdom]?
Mark 8:36-37 New Living Translation (NLT)
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?