New Testament · Gospel

Matthew 19:29

The Cost of Following

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life. Matthew 19:29 · Berean Standard Bible
What It Means

Matthew 19:29, in plain English

Jesus says everyone who has given up homes, family, or fields for His sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

Why it's here

This promise isn't just for the Twelve. It's for anyone who has sacrificed something real to follow Jesus.

Who's speaking

Jesus makes a promise that reaches across time — including to you.

Where it sits in the story

Whatever you've given up for Jesus, He sees it. And He promises the return will be beyond anything you can imagine.

A Closer Look

The scholarly reading

Jesus extends the promise beyond the Twelve: anyone who has left home or family or property for His name's sake will receive a hundredfold (hekatontaplasiona) and inherit eternal life.

Language and setting

The hundredfold return echoes Old Testament covenant blessings and includes both present spiritual family and eschatological inheritance.

Voice

Jesus broadens the promise of reward to all who sacrifice for His name.

Significance

Jesus ensures no sacrifice for the kingdom goes unnoticed — every loss will be repaid beyond measure, culminating in eternal life.

In context

Matthew 19:27–30

27“Look,” Peter replied, “we have left everything to follow You. What then will there be for us?”

28Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

29And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

30But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Read all of Matthew 19 — A rich young man walks away sad, children are welcomed, and the disciples wonder who can possibly be saved. Jesus redefines what it costs to follow him.

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