Luke 9:25 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁵For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

Luke 9:25 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 8:36
For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Matthew 16:26
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?
Psalms 49:6-8
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; …
Luke 12:19-21
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. …
Luke 4:5-7
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-27)

In these verses, we have Christ discoursing with his disciples about the great things that pertained to the kingdom of God; and one circumstance of this discourse is taken notice of here which we had not in the other evangelists-that Christ was alone praying, and his disciples with him, when he entered into this discourse, Luke 9:18. Observe, 1. Though Christ had much public work to do, yet he fou…