Mark 8:36-37 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?… So short-sighted and foolish is man! I once read of a woman whose house was on fire. She was very active in removing her goods, but forgot her child, who was asleep in the cradle. At last she thought of the poor babe, and ran, with earnest desire, to save it. But it was now too late; the flames prevented her from crossing the threshold. Judge of the agony of mind which wrung from her the bitter exclamation: "Oh, my child! my child! I have saved my goods, but lost my child!" So will it be with many a poor sinner, who spent all his life in the occupations of the world, while the "one thing needful" was forgotten. What will it then avail for a man to say, "I secured a good place, or a good trade, or profession, but I lost my soul? I made many friends, but God is my enemy. I heaped up riches, but now they must all be left." Parallel Verses KJV: For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?WEB: For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? |
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