Matthew 16:24-26
What is written? (ESV)
Then Jesus told his disciples, If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
What does it say?
Jesus told His disciples that if anyone should follow Him, he must first deny himself and take up his cross and follow Him. For whoever would save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. For what value is there if one gains the whole world and loses his soul? There is no amount of riches that’s worth one’s soul.
What is its immediate context?
Near the end of Jesus’ public ministry and six days before (17:1) the transfiguration of Jesus before Peter, James, and John. Jesus is preparing them for His coming death. He has just told His disciples that He would be going to Jerusalem to suffer and on the third day be raised (vs 21).
How Matthew 16:24-26 is applied across Bible answers
Are health and wealth of the prosperity gospel a sign of God’s blessing?
Jesus emphasizes one's soul as everything and his life and wellbeing in this life as nothing.
