Matthew 19:27

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““Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?””

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BSBPD

““Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Then answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Then Peter answering said to him, `Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 19:27 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 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.
  2. Matthew 4:20And at once they left their nets and followed Him.
  3. Matthew 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.
  4. Matthew 20:10So when the original workers came, they assumed they would receive more. But each of them also received a denarius.
  5. Mark 1:17“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
  6. 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.
  7. Mark 10:28Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”
  8. Luke 5:11And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
  9. Luke 5:27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
  10. Luke 14:33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
  11. 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.
  12. Luke 18:28“Look,” said Peter, “we have left all we had to follow You.”
  13. 1 Corinthians 1:29so that no one may boast in His presence.
  14. 1 Corinthians 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?
  15. Philippians 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

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