The saying of Jesus concerning wealth greatly troubled the disciples. They still hoped that Jesus would set up an earthly kingdom and they would share in its prestige and resources. Peter's statement, We have left everything to follow you! (Mark 10:28) indicates that the disciples were looking forward to a material reward for their faithfulness. Not so, said Jesus.
To be sure, there would be rewards for leaving homes, or brothers, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields for me and the Gospel (Mark 10:29). They would not be material rewards, however; they would be the rewards of a larger relationship with all who followed in the way of Christ, a kinship with the entire family of God in this world and, at last, the greatest reward of all - eternal life (Mark 10:30). Many who have most now may have least in the hereafter, and many who do not rank in this life will be greatly rewarded in the life to come (Mark 10:31)
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