“For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Luke 9 contains 62 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.