16:26 For what does it benefit a person 1 if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life?
Matthew 25:20
25:20 The 2 one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, ‘Sir, 3 you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.’
1 tnGrk “a man,” but ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used in a generic sense here to refer to both men and women.
2 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
3 tnGrk Or “Lord; or “Master” (and so throughout this paragraph).