And Peter began to say unto him: Behold, we have left all things, and have followed thee.

And Peter began to say to him, 'Lo, we left all, and we followed thee.'

"Remember," said Peter to Him, "that we forsook everything and have become your followers."

Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.

Peter began to tell him, 'Look, we have left everything, and have followed you.'

"But we," began Peter, "we left everything and have followed you."

(5) Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
(5) To neglect everything in comparison with Christ is a sure way unto eternal life, so that we do not fall away along the path.

Then Peter began to say unto him,.... only observing that Christ promised treasure in heaven to the young man, provided he sold all that he had, and gave it to the poor; but being, in some measure, freed from that surprise and astonishment, which had seized him, and his fellow disciples, at the representation of the difficulty of a rich man's entering into the kingdom of God, by the last words; and taking heart from thence, began to take notice of the following case, as an instance and illustration of what Christ had said; for that same power, which had caused them to quit all their worldly substance for Christ, though it was but small, could also work a like effect upon the heart of a man ever so rich:
lo! we have left all, and have followed thee: in Matthew it is added, "what shall we have therefore?" See Gill on Matthew 19:27.

Lo, we have left all - Though the young man would not.