Matthew 19:29

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

All who have given up home or brothers and sisters or father and mother or children or land for me will be given 100 times as much. They will also have eternal life.

Cross References

Philippians 3:8

Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it all as garbage. All I want is Christ

Luke 14:26

You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot follow me unless you love me more than you love your own life.

Matthew 16:25

If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

Matthew 6:33

But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well.

1 Peter 4:14

Count it a blessing when you suffer for being a Christian. This shows that God's glorious Spirit is with you.

Matthew 10:22

Everyone will hate you because of me. But if you remain faithful until the end, you will be saved.

John 15:19

If you belonged to the world, its people would love you. But you don't belong to the world. I have chosen you to leave the world behind, and this is why its people hate you.

Luke 6:22

God will bless you when others hate you and won't have anything to do with you. God will bless you when people insult you and say cruel things about you, all because you are a follower of the Son of Man.

Matthew 5:11

God will bless you when people insult you, mistreat you, and tell all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But it is just as the Scriptures say, “What God has planned for people who love him is more than eyes have seen or ears have heard. It has never even entered our minds!”

Acts 9:16

I will show him how much he must suffer for worshiping in my name.”

Matthew 25:34

Then the king will say to those on his right, “My father has blessed you! Come and receive the kingdom that was prepared for you before the world was created.

Matthew 19:16

A man came to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to have eternal life?”

Matthew 13:23

The seeds that fell on good ground are the people who hear and understand the message. They produce as much as 100 or 60 or 30 times what was planted.

2 Corinthians 5:16

We are careful not to judge people by what they seem to be, though we once judged Christ in this way.

Matthew 25:46

Then Jesus said, “Those people will be punished forever. But the ones who pleased God will have eternal life.”

Matthew 13:8

But a few seeds did fall on good ground where the plants produced 100 or 60 or 30 times as much as was scattered.

3 John 1:7

When they left to tell others about the Lord, they decided not to accept help from anyone who wasn't a follower.

Luke 5:11

The men pulled their boats up on the shore. Then they left everything and went with Jesus.

John 4:36

Even now the harvest workers are receiving their reward by gathering a harvest that brings eternal life. Then everyone who planted the seed and everyone who harvests the crop will celebrate together.

Ecclesiastes 3:6

There is a time for finding and losing, keeping and giving,