The Cost of Following Jesus

18 Now (A)when Jesus saw a crowd around him, (B)he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19 (C)And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22 And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave (D)the dead to bury their own dead.”

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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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