Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
I have serious doubts if that is a Catholic Church document. If this shallow interpretation is meant to mean anything, then a dead beat dad is in good grace with God. You know better, dig deeper.
Mat 19:29 And every one 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.
Did you look at the previous verse??? I doubt that it will probably mean much to you guys but here it is anyways...
Mat 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Aren't any apostles sitting upon thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel, yet...
Mat 25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
And we know that hasn't happened yet...
But here's a companion verse with a little addition:
Mar 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
Jesus is not telling anyone to leave a believing wife or family...This is unbelieving family...
Just as when Jesus basically rejected his mother and told the crowd that they were his mother and brethren, Jesus is saying the same thing here...
Mar 10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
Who ever leaves his unbelieving family and home will get a new, much larger family and houses, in that time...They will gain believing families; a hundred fold...
However, Paul tells us not to leave an unbelieving spouse...