Gregory the Great, on Matt 19:27

“Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have?”

“(Mor. x. 31.) For whosoever, urged by the spur of divine lore, shall forsake what he possesses here, shall without doubt gain there the eminence of judicial authority; and shall appear as judge with the Judge, for that he now in consideration of the judgment chastens himself by a voluntary poverty.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.