Matthew 19:27

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Summary

Matthew 19:27

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?

We have forsaken

What

General references

Matthew 4:20

Luke 5:28

Luke 18:28

Bible References

We have forsaken

And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.

And Jesus, passing on thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, called Matthew, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

Who said to his father and to his mother, I see him not, And he acknowledged not his brethren, And knew not his own children; For they have observed thy word, And kept thy covenant.

And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you become fishers of men;

And passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-office, and says to him, Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

Peter began to say to him, Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee.

And having run the ships on shore, leaving all they followed him.

Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.

And Peter said, Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee.

But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ;

What

And when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more, and they received also themselves each a denarius.

But he answering said to his father, Behold, so many years I serve thee, and never have I transgressed a commandment of thine; and to me hast thou never given a kid that I might make merry with my friends:

so that no flesh should boast before God.

For who makes thee to differ? and what hast thou which thou hast not received? but if also thou hast received, why boastest thou as not receiving?

General references

And they, having left their trawl-nets, immediately followed him.

And having left all, rising up, he followed him.

And Peter said, Behold, we have left all things and have followed thee.