Mark 8:34-38

34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him ¹deny himself and ²take up his cross and follow me.

35 For ³whoever would save his life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake ⁴and the gospel's will save it.

36 ⁵For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?

37 For ⁶what can a man give in return for his soul?

38 For ⁷whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this ⁸adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed ⁹when he comes in the glory of his Father with ¹⁰the holy angels."

Cross References

• 1. [2 Timothy 2:12, 13]
• 2. See Matthew 10:38, 39
• 3. [See ver. 34 above]
• 4. Mark 10:29; [1 Corinthians 9:23; 2 Timothy 1:8; Philemon 13]
• 5. [Luke 12:20]
• 6. [Psalms 49:7, 8]
• 7. Romans 1:16; 2 Tim. 1:8, 12, 16; Hebrews 11:16; 1 John 2:28; [Matthew 10:33]
• 8. Isaiah 57:3; Matthew 12:39; James 4:4
• 9. Daniel 7:10, 13; Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24:30; Matthew 25:31; Matthew 26:64; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Jude 14; Revelation 1:7; [Deuteronomy 33:2]
• 10. Acts 10:22; Revelation 14:10; [Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:27]

Footnotes

• [a]. The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and once in verse 36 and once in verse 37