“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Peter answered, “Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?”
- KJV Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
- NKJV Then Peter answered and said to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?”
- NASB Then Peter responded and said to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?”
- NLT Then Peter said to him, “We’ve given up everything to follow you. What will we get?”
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Peter notes that the disciples have left everything to follow Jesus and asks what they will receive. His question reflects both genuine sacrifice and a lingering concern for reward.
Overview
In contrast to the rich man who clung to his possessions, the disciples have forsaken all to follow Christ. Peter's question, though mingled with self-interest, gives Jesus an occasion to teach about the certain rewards of discipleship. Jesus does not rebuke the desire for reward but reorders it around grace and faithful service.
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- 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
- Luke 18:28“Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”
- Luke 5:11And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
- Mark 1:17–20“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
- Luke 15:29But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
- Matt 9:9As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
- Mark 10:28Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”
- Mark 2:14As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.
- Luke 5:27–28After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
- Matt 4:20–22And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
- Deut 33:9He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
- Luke 14:33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
- 1 Cor 1:29so that no one may boast in His presence.
- Matt 20:10–12So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
- 1 Cor 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
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