Mark 8:36
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
Mark 8:36 in 7 translations
- KJVKing James Version
- For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
- DRADouay–Rheims
- For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
- DARBYDarby
- For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul?
- WEBThe World English Bible
- For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
- YLTYoung's Literal Translation
- for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
- BPVBiblePics Version
- What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?
Context: Mark 8
34And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
36For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
38Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
About Mark 8: Peter's Confession, Jesus Foretells Death
Jesus feeds the 4,000 and teaches about the yeast of the Pharisees.
Commentary
Mark 8 is a pivotal chapter in the Gospel of Mark, as it marks the beginning of Jesus' journey to Jerusalem and his eventual death. In this chapter, Jesus begins to reveal to his disciples the truth of his identity and mission. He performs a miraculous feeding of the four thousand, and then warns his disciples against the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod.