10:27
The disciples needed to realise that all their assumptions about the kingdom, and who could get in it, were wrong. It is only by the grace of God that anyone, rich or poor, religious or not, can enter the kingdom of God. So by human will alone no one, including the rich, can enter the kingdom. But with God, anyone can enter. We need to put our trust solely in the Lord.
10:28
The disciples had left everything, and so Peter pipes up. Jesus had told the rich man to sell everything and give it to the poor, Peter and the others had left their livelihoods, their families. So they may have thought they had done all that was necessary in order to enter the kingdom. But Jesus had said to the rich man that after selling everything he should then follow Jesus. Following Jesus is what the disciples were doing.
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