His words seem to imply that he wondered whether they had risked all on a forlorn hope. Jesus replied with words of assurance, though not at this time fully correcting His followers’ carnal ideas as to the nature of the coming kingdom. He gave the definite promise that no one would lose, but rather gain by sharing His path of rejection. He declared, “There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My sake, and the gospel’s,