28 Peter said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!"
28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
28 And Peter said, "See, we have left our homes and followed you."
28 Peter tried to regain some initiative: "We left everything we owned and followed you, didn't we?"
28 Then Peter said, "See, we have left all and followed You."
28 Peter said, "We've left our homes to follow you."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 18:28
Commentary on Luke 18:18-30
(Read Luke 18:18-30)
Many have a great deal in them very commendable, yet perish for lack of some one thing; so this ruler could not bear Christ's terms, which would part between him and his estate. Many who are loth to leave Christ, yet do leave him. After a long struggle between their convictions and their corruptions, their corruptions carry the day. They are very sorry that they cannot serve both; but if one must be quitted, it shall be their God, not their wordly gain. Their boasted obedience will be found mere outside show; the love of the world in some form or other lies at the root. Men are apt to speak too much of what they have left and lost, of what they have done and suffered for Christ, as Peter did. But we should rather be ashamed that there has been any regret or difficulty in doing it.