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Matthew 8:17-23
New International Version
Matthew 8:17-23
New International Version
17 This was to fulfill(A) what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
The Cost of Following Jesus(C)
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.(D) 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man(E) has no place to lay his head.”
21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me,(F) and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Jesus Calms the Storm(G)(H)
23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him.
Footnotes
- Matthew 8:17 Isaiah 53:4 (see Septuagint)
Matthew 8:17-23
King James Version
Matthew 8:17-23
King James Version
17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
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