# Mark 8.36-37

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**Book:** [Mark](/codex/john-mark/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 34. And he called unto him the multitude with his disciples, and said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.</span>
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> **36. <span class="rl-speech">For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">For what should a man give in exchange for his life?</span>**
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> 38. <span class="rl-speech">For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man also shall be ashamed of him, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.</span> (Mark 8:34-38, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 34. He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, <span class="rl-speech">“Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.</span>
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> **36. <span class="rl-speech">For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">For what will a man give in exchange for his life?</span>**
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> 38. <span class="rl-speech">For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in his Father’s glory, with the holy angels.”</span> (Mark 8:34-38, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 34. And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, <span class="rl-speech">Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.</span>
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> **36. <span class="rl-speech">For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?</span>**
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> 38. <span class="rl-speech">Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.</span> (Mark 8:34-38, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 34. And having called near the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, <span class="rl-speech">'Whoever doth will to come after me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow me;</span> 35. <span class="rl-speech">for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;</span>
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> **36. <span class="rl-speech">for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?</span> 37. <span class="rl-speech">Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?</span>**
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> 38. <span class="rl-speech">for whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also shall be ashamed of him, when he may come in the glory of his Father, with the holy messengers.'</span> (Mark 8:34-38, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
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- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Argument from the Trans-Instinctual Agency Convergence](/codex/argument-from-the-trans-instinctual-agency-convergence/), via [Mark 8.34-37](/codex/mark-8-34-37/)
- [Atheism Cannot Justify Compassion](/codex/atheism-cannot-justify-compassion/), via [Mark 8.36](/codex/mark-8-36/)
- [Pragmatic Argument](/codex/pragmatic-argument/), via [Mark 8.36](/codex/mark-8-36/)

**Concepts:**

- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [Mark 8.29-38](/codex/mark-8-29-38/)

**Lexicon:**

- [G5590 - psyche](/codex/g5590-psyche/), via [Mark 8.35-37](/codex/mark-8-35-37/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.