Catholic Public Domain Version
"For how does it benefit a man, if he were to gain the whole world, yet lose himself, or cause himself harm? "
— Luke 9:25, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?”
“For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self? ”
“For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?”
“For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?”
“For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world and lose himself and cast away himself?”
“For what profit will a man have if he gets all the world, but undergoes loss or destruction himself?”
“For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?”
saying, “For the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the leaders of the priests and the scribes, and be killed, and on the third day rise again.”
Then he said to everyone: “If anyone is willing to come after me: let him deny himself, and take up his cross every day, and follow me.
For whoever will have saved his life, will lose it. Yet whoever will have lost his life for my sake, will save it.
For how does it benefit a man, if he were to gain the whole world, yet lose himself, or cause himself harm?
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words: of him the Son of man will be ashamed, when he will have arrived in his majesty and that of his Father and of the holy Angels.
And yet, I tell you a truth: There are some standing here who shall not taste death, until they see the kingdom of God.”
And it happened that, about eight days after these words, he took Peter and James and John, and he ascended onto a mountain, so that he might pray.