Then Peter answered and said to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?”
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?
- BSB “Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
- 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 3:8Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ
- Luke 18:28Peter said, “Look, we have left everything, and followed you.”
- Luke 5:11When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything, and followed him.
- Mark 1:17–20Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.”
- 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.
- Matt 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 10:28Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all, and have followed you.”
- Mark 2:14As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.
- Luke 5:27–28After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!”
- Matt 4:20–22They immediately left their nets and followed him.
- Deut 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.
- Luke 14:33So therefore whoever of you who doesn’t renounce all that he has, he can’t be my disciple.
- 1 Cor 1:29that no flesh should boast before God.
- Matt 20:10–12When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius.
- 1 Cor 4:7For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
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