25For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
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For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
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?
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; …
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. …
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. …
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…
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