Money Given as the Punishment of Avarice
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Luke 9:25
For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?


We read of a Spanish general who was so fond of money that the enemies into whose hands he had fallen, tortured and killed him by pouring melted gold down his throat in mockery of his covetousness. So Satan now often makes money unlawfully acquired, the very means of tormenting the miserable beings who have sold their consciences to obtain it.

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Parallel Verses
KJV: For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?

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




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