Hundredfold Reward

Today's Reflections  

         

Hundredfold Reward 

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Mk 10:28-31

²⁸Peter began to say to [Jesus], “We have given up everything and followed you.” ²⁹Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the gospel ³⁰who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age: houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and eternal life in the age to come. ³¹But many that are first will be last, and [the] last will be first.”

Reflection:

We have given up everything and followed you. To Peter who makes this declaration, Jesus gives the assurance that those who have given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for his sake and for the sake of the gospel will receive a hundredfold of these already in this world, and eternal life in the age to come.

Jesus asks us to renounce something only in order for him to give us more than we have renounced. And whenever we give up anything for him and for the gospel, Jesus will reward us with much, much more already in this life plus eternal life. We can never outdo God and Jesus in generosity. They have greater love and greater resources than we have.

Give up something precious for your faith

and see what comes back to you.