Matthew 16:26-27

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

26 For y what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or z what shall a man give in return for his soul? 27 a For the Son of Man is going to come with b his angels in the glory of his Father, and c then he will repay each person according to what he has done.

  1. Cross References
    Luke 12:20
    But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 49:7 - 8
    Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 24:30
    Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son ...
    Matthew 25:31
    When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all...
    Matthew 26:64
    Jesus said to him, "You have said so. But I tel...
    Daniel 7:10
    A stream of fire issued and came out from befor...
    Daniel 7:13
    I saw in the night visions, and behold, with th...
    Zechariah 14:5
    And you shall flee to the valley of my mountain...
    John 1:51
    And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you...
    Acts 1:11
    And said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand loo...
    1 Thessalonians 1:10
    And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he ra...
    1 Thessalonians 4:16
    For the Lord himself will descend from heaven w...
    Jude 1:14
    It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh...
    Revelation 1:7
    Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every...
    Deuteronomy 33:2
    He said, "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned f...
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 13:41
    The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers.
  5. Cross References
    Romans 2:6
    He will render to each one according to his works:
    Romans 14:12
    So then each of us will give an account of hims...
    2 Corinthians 5:10
    For we must all appear before the judgment seat...
    Hebrews 9:27
    And just as it is appointed for man to die once...
    1 Peter 1:17
    And if you call on him as Father who judges imp...
    Revelation 2:23
    And I will strike her children dead. And all th...
    Revelation 20:12
    And I saw the dead, great and small, standing b...
    Revelation 22:12
    Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompens...
    Acts 10:42
    And he commanded us to preach to the people and...
    1 Corinthians 3:8
    He who plants and he who waters are one, and ea...
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