Shall Receive a Hundredfold

Submitted by Alan Marsden on Sat, 14/02/2026 - 00:00

According to the eighth-century Muslim historian Ibn Ishaq, Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh ibn Ri'ab, cousin to Muhammad, abandoned Islam and converted to Christianity in Abyssinia (Ethiopia). His former comrades would say to him:

“We see clearly, but your eyes are only half open”.

He saw more in Jesus Christ than all others see who try to look past Him.

Jesus said: “And everyone that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.” -Matthew 19:29

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