Mark 8:37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? "I was called upon," says an American clergyman, "some years ago, to visit an individual, a part of whose face had been eaten away by a most loathsome cancer. Fixing my eyes on this man in his agony, I said, 'Supposing that Almighty God were to give you your choice, which would you prefer, your cancer, your pain, and your sufferings, with a certainty of death before you, but of immortality hereafter; or health, prosperity, long life in this world, and the risk of losing your immortal soul?' 'Ah, sir!' said the man, 'give me the cancer and the pain, with the Bible and the hope of heaven, and others may take the world, long life, and prosperity.'" Parallel Verses KJV: Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? |
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