Bible Strands
Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to the Twelve, responding to Peter's question about what reward they will receive for having left everything to follow him (v.27).
The words — ἀφῆκεν (aphēken), aorist of ἀφίημι, carries the verse: "has left behind," a completed act of release rather than an ongoing struggle. πᾶς (pas), "everyone," widens the promise from the Twelve to all who have made the same break.
The thread — The parallel accounts appear in Mark 10:29 and Luke 18:29; Paul applies the same logic personally in Philippians 3:8.
Why it lands — It is a promise, not a command, but it forces the reader to audit what they have actually left and what they still hold at arm's length.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Cross-references
- Luke 18:29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
- Mark 10:29 “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
- Philippians 3:8 More 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 14:26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
- Matthew 16:25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- Matthew 10:37 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- 1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- John 15:19 If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.