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18 Now de when Jesus Iēsous saw · ho a crowd ochlos around peri him autos, he gave keleuō orders to go aperchomai to eis the ho other side peran of the lake. 19 · kai A heis scribe grammateus came proserchomai to him autos and said legō, “ Teacher didaskalos, I will follow akoloutheō you sy wherever hopou ean you go aperchomai.” 20 And kai Jesus Iēsous said legō to him autos, · ho · ho Foxes alōpēx have echō lairs phōleos and kai · ho birds peteinon of the ho air ouranos have nests kataskēnōsis, but de the ho Son hyios of ho Man anthrōpos has echō no ou place pou to lay klinō his ho head kephalē.” 21 Another heteros · de of ho his disciples mathētēs said legō to him autos, “ Lord kyrios, permit epitrepō me egō first prōton to go aperchomai and kai bury thaptō · ho my egō father patēr.” 22 · ho And de Jesus Iēsous said legō to him autos, “ Follow akoloutheō me egō, and kai let aphiēmi the ho dead nekros bury thaptō · ho their own heautou dead nekros.”

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The Cost of Following Jesus(A)

18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.(B) 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(C) 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,(D) and let the dead bury their own dead.”

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