Matthew 19:27
Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”
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In Context
26Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:9He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, nor did he know his own children; for they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
Matthew 9:9As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.
Mark 1:17Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.”
Mark 10:28Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all and have followed you.”
Luke 5:27After these things he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”
Luke 15:29But he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:24-30
The Recompense of Christ's Followers. 23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. 27 Then… Read the whole commentary →