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He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God`s sake,
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The Kingdom and the King
Commentators explain that Luke’s phrase “for the kingdom of God’s sake” is interchangeable with phrases in other Gospels like “for My name’s sake” (Matthew) and “for My sake and the gospel’s” (Mark). This shows that sacrificing for the Kingdom is inseparable from personal devotion to Jesus Christ and His message.
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19th Century
Anglican
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he said to them To his disciples, as the Ethiopic version reads; though the Syriac and Persic versions read, "an…
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Presbyterian
Many have a great deal in them that is very commendable, yet they perish for lack of one thing. Thus, this ruler could not bear Christ's terms, whi…
