Mark 10:28
26 They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”
27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel
30 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”
- KJV
- Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
- WEB
- Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all and have followed you.”
- ASV
- Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
- DARBY
- Peter began to say to him, Behold, *we* have left all things and have followed thee.
- BLB
- Peter began to say to Him, “Behold, we left all and followed You.”
- ÅB
- Peter tok til orde og sa til ham: Se, vi har forlatt alt og fulgt deg.
- OTB
- Peter begynte å si til ham, “Vi har forlatt alt for å følge deg!”
- B1930
- Peter tok til orde og sa til ham: Se, vi har forlatt alt og fulgt dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 19:27–30
“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”
Read in contextMark 1:16–20
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.
Read in contextLuke 14:33
In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
Read in contextLuke 18:28–30
“Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”
Read in contextPhilippians 3:7–9
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Read in contextMatthew 4:22
and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.
Read in contextMatthew 4:20
And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
Read in context