Matthew 19:29

hath forsaken Bp Thirlwall remarks, "Strange as it may sound, there is a sense in which it is a most certain truth that a man may leave that which he keeps, and keep that which he leaves. And there can be no doubt that this is the sense in which our Lord meant to be understood. For it is clear that He is speaking not of a mere outward act, but of the disposition from which it proceeds."

shall receive an hundredfold St Mark seems to take the words of Jesus in a more literal sense by naming the earthly goods expressly, and adding "now in this time," but he points to the true and spiritual interpretation by subjoining "with persecutions."