^18:28And Peter said, “Look, we have left everything we own⁸⁰ to follow you!”⁸¹^18:29Then⁸² Jesus⁸³ said to them, “I tell you the truth,⁸⁴ there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers⁸⁵ or parents or children for the sake of God’s kingdom ^18:30who will not receive many times more⁸⁶ in this age⁸⁷—and in the age to come, eternal life.”⁸⁸

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Footnotes

80 Or “left our homes,” “left our possessions”; Grk “left our own things.” The word ἵδιος (idios) can refer to one’s home (including the people and possessions in it) or to one’s property or possessions. Both options are mentioned in 4.b. See also I. H. Marshall, Luke (), ; D. L. Bock, Luke (), 2:.
81 Grk “We have left everything we own and followed you.” Koine Greek often used paratactic structure when hypotactic was implied.
82 Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
83 Grk “he”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
84 Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amēn), I say to you.”
85 The term “brothers” could be understood as generic here, referring to either male or female siblings. However, it is noteworthy that in the parallel passages in both Matt 19:29 and Mark 10:29, “sisters” are explicitly mentioned in the Greek text.
86 Jesus reassures his disciples with a promise that (1) much benefit in this life (many times more) and (2) eternal life in the age to come will be given.
87 Grk “this time” (καιρός, kairos), but for stylistic reasons this has been translated “this age” here.
88 Note that Luke (see also Matt 19:29; Mark 10:30; Luke 10:25) portrays eternal life as something one receives in the age to come, unlike John, who emphasizes the possibility of receiving eternal life in the present (John 5:24).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Peter said, “See, we have left our homes and followed you.” And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Peter said, “Look, we have left what we had and followed you.”

So he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left a house, wife or brothers or sisters, parents or children because of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more at this time, and eternal life in the age to come.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Peter said, “We’ve left our homes to follow you.”

“Yes,” Jesus replied, “and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God, will be repaid many times over in this life, and will have eternal life in the world to come.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Peter said, “Behold, we have left all that is ours and followed you.” And he said to them, “Truly I say to you that there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children on account of the kingdom of God, who will not receive many times more in this time and in the age to come, eternal life.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.

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