27Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
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Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. …
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-30)We have here Christ’s discourse with his disciples upon occasion of the rich man’s breaking with Christ. I. Christ took occasion from thence to show the difficulty of the salvation of the rich people, Matt. 19:23-26. 1. That it is a very hard thing for a rich man to get to heaven, such a rich man as this here. Note, From the harms and falls of others it is good for us to infer that which will be o…
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