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28 And Jesus replied, “When I, the Messiah,[a] shall sit upon my glorious throne in the Kingdom, you my disciples shall certainly sit on twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And anyone who gives up his home, brothers, sisters, father, mother, wife,[b] children, or property, to follow me, shall receive a hundred times as much in return, and shall have eternal life. 30 But many who are first now will be last then; and some who are last now will be first then.”

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  1. Matthew 19:28 the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.” in the Kingdom, literally, “in the regeneration.”
  2. Matthew 19:29 wife, omitted here in many manuscripts but included in Luke 18:29.

28 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne,(A) you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.(B) 29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[a] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.(C) 30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.(D)

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  1. Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts do not have or wife.