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will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
Mark 10:30 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.
  • KJV But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
  • NKJV who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
  • NASB but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life.
  • NLT will receive now in return a hundred times as many houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property—along with persecution. And in the world to come that person will have eternal life.

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Quick answer

Such people receive a hundredfold now, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come. God repays sacrifice with rich community in this life and life everlasting in the next.

Overview

Jesus promises that those who leave family and property gain a far larger family in God's people now, along with persecutions, and eternal life hereafter. The honest mention of persecutions guards against a prosperity reading. The reward is chiefly the new fellowship of the church and the unending life secured by Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 29

  • Luke 18:30will fail to receive many times more in this age—and in the age to come, eternal life.”
  • Phil 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
  • 2 Cor 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
  • Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
  • Mal 3:10Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
  • Matt 5:11–12Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
  • Jas 1:2–4Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
  • Prov 3:9–10Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
  • Jas 5:11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
  • Prov 16:16How much better to acquire wisdom than gold! To gain understanding is more desirable than silver.
  • Rev 3:18I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.
  • Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
  • 2 Cor 9:8–11And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
  • 1 Tim 6:6Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
  • John 16:22–23So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
  • 1 Pet 4:12–16Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.
  • 2 Chr 25:9Amaziah asked the man of God, “What should I do about the hundred talents I have given to the army of Israel?” And the man of God replied, “The LORD is able to give you much more than this.”
  • Acts 16:25About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
  • Matt 12:32Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come.
  • Matt 13:44–46The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.
  • 1 Jn 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
  • 2 Th 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
  • Matt 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
  • John 10:23and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
  • Rom 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
  • Rom 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Ps 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
  • Rev 2:9I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
  • 1 Jn 2:25And this is the promise that He Himself made to us: eternal life.

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Christ at the center

Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

How Mark 10:30 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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