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Matthew 19:27

Good News Translation

Then Peter spoke up. “Look,” he said, “we have left everything and followed you. What will we have?”

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Jesus looked straight at them and answered, “This is impossible for human beings, but for God everything is possible.”

Jesus said to them, “You can be sure that when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the New Age, then you twelve followers of mine will also sit on thrones, to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

Jesus left that place, and as he walked along, he saw a tax collector, named Matthew, sitting in his office. He said to him, “Follow me.” Matthew got up and followed him.

Then Peter spoke up, “Look, we have left everything and followed you.”

As he walked along, he saw a tax collector, Levi son of Alphaeus, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.” Levi got up and followed him.

In the same way,” concluded Jesus, “none of you can be my disciple unless you give up everything you have.

But he spoke back to his father, ‘Look, all these years I have worked for you like a slave, and I have never disobeyed your orders. What have you given me? Not even a goat for me to have a feast with my friends!

Then Peter said, “Look! We have left our homes to follow you.”

They pulled the boats up on the beach, left everything, and followed Jesus.

This means that no one can boast in God's presence.

Who made you superior to others? Didn't God give you everything you have? Well, then, how can you boast, as if what you have were not a gift?

They showed greater loyalty to you Than to parents, brothers, or children. They obeyed your commands And were faithful to your covenant.

Not only those things; I reckon everything as complete loss for the sake of what is so much more valuable, the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have thrown everything away; I consider it all as mere garbage, so that I may gain Christ




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