Luke 18:28

The Message

Peter tried to regain some initiative: “We left everything we owned and followed you, didn’t we?”

Cross References

Matthew 19:27

Then Peter chimed in, “We left everything and followed you. What do we get out of it?”

Matthew 9:9

Passing along, Jesus saw a man at his work collecting taxes. His name was Matthew. Jesus said, “Come along with me.” Matthew stood up and followed him.

Mark 10:28

Peter tried another angle: “We left everything and followed you.”

Philippians 3:7

The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I’m tearing up and throwing out with the trash—along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? Because of Christ. Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I’ve dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him. I didn’t want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ—God’s righteousness.