For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul?
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’
Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice,
But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”
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