Matthew 16:26
Douay-Rheims
For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul?
Origen
And at first sight indeed the ransom of the soul might be supposed to be in his substance, that a man should give his substance to the poor, and so should save his soul. But I suppose that a man has nothing that giving as a ransom for his soul he should deliver it from death. God gave the ransom for the souls of men, namely the precious blood of His Son.
Source details
A.D. 253 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 16:26-28
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.