Matthew 19:27
Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Cross-references
Peter and the first disciples immediately left their nets and family — the very 'leaving everything' Peter later describes.
Matthew himself left his tax booth to follow Jesus — another example of abandoning a livelihood to follow the Master.
Matthew 20:10 features the first workers grumbling about reward — directly tied to Peter's question about what they will receive.
Matthew 13:44 describes selling all for the kingdom's treasure, paralleling Peter's leaving everything to follow Jesus.
Luke 5:11 recounts Peter leaving everything after the miraculous catch — another account of the same event Peter alludes to.
Luke 18:28 is Luke's parallel version of Peter's claim that they left all — identical synoptic tradition.
In Luke 15:29, the older brother's complaint about serving without reward mirrors Peter's implicit expectation of recompense for leaving all.
Luke 5:28 says Levi left all and followed — directly mirroring Peter's claim of leaving everything.
Mark 10:28 contains Peter's identical statement in Mark's parallel account — reinforcing the same confession of leaving all.
Mark 1:17-20 records the calling of Peter and others leaving their nets — the very event Peter references when claiming they left all.
Mark 1:18 directly records the disciples leaving their nets—the very action Peter references in his question.
Luke 18:22 records Jesus' command to sell all for treasure in heaven, the standard Peter claims to have met.
Luke 14:33 teaches that disciples must forsake all — the principle underlying Peter's statement about leaving everything.
1 Corinthians 4:7 reminds that all is received from God, challenging any notion of meritorious sacrifice like Peter's claim.
1 Kings 19:20 shows Elisha leaving his oxen to follow Elijah but asking to say goodbye—a partial leaving, unlike Peter's total abandonment.
Luke 5:27 depicts Levi leaving his tax booth — a different disciple's example of forsaking all to follow Jesus.
Mark 2:14 shows Levi leaving his tax booth to follow Jesus — another example of leaving all, supporting Peter's claim.
Philippians 3:8 shows Paul counting all as loss for Christ — an apostolic echo of the same sacrificial mindset.