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19 Just then[a] one of the Jewish religious teachers said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you no matter where you go!”

20 But Jesus said, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but I, the Messiah,[b] have no home of my own—no place to lay my head.”

21 Another of his disciples said, “Sir, when my father is dead, then I will follow you.”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 8:19 Just then, implied. one of the Jewish religious teachers, literally, “a scribe.”
  2. Matthew 8:20 the Messiah, literally, “the Son of Man.”
  3. Matthew 8:21 when my father is dead, then I will follow you, or “let me first go and bury my father.”

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(A) has no place to lay his head.”

21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

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