All Things Are Possible

Covenant and Cost · Matthew 19

Story guide: The disciples are astonished by the difficulty Jesus describes; Peter asks what their leaving means, and Jesus answers with promise and reversal.

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23Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I say to you, a rich man will enter the kingdom of heaven with difficulty.”

24Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

25When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, “Who then can be saved?”

26But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

27Then Peter answered him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?”

28And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones in the renewal, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory, 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 first.

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