Matthew 8:18-22

Contemporary English Version

Some Who Wanted To Go with Jesus

(Luke 9.57-62)

¹⁸When Jesus saw the crowd,^[a] he went across Lake Galilee. ¹⁹A teacher of the Law of Moses came up to him and said, “Teacher, I'll go anywhere with you!”

²⁰Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens, and birds have nests. But the Son of Man doesn't have a place to call his own.”

²¹^(A) Another disciple said to Jesus, “Lord, let me wait till I bury my father.”

²²Jesus answered, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.”^[b]

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Footnotes

8.18 saw the crowd: Some manuscripts have “large crowd.” Others have “large crowds.”
8.22 let the dead bury their dead: For the Jewish people a proper burial of their dead was a very important duty. But Jesus teaches that following him is even more important.