Matthew 19:27

Then answered Peter and said unto him, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?

Barker suggested that Peter was here suggesting preferential treatment for himself and others of the Twelve who had "left all" to follow Christ; and, in view of the parable with which Jesus followed this question, the view seems tenable. He said, "Peter self-righteously reminded Jesus of the sacrifices the disciples had made, then hinted for preferential treatment, asking, `What then shall we have?'"[4] Whatever element of self-righteousness may have been in Peter's question, it was a valid one; and Jesus answered it in the most emphatic manner possible.