Matthew 8:18-22
Christian Standard Bible
The Cost of Following Jesus
18 When Jesus saw a large crowd[a](A) around him, he gave the order to go to the other side of the sea. 19 A scribe approached him and said,(B) “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 Jesus told him, “Foxes have dens, and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man(C) has no place to lay his head.”
21 “Lord,” another of his disciples said, “first let me go bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
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- 8:18 Other mss read saw large crowds
Matthew 8:18-22
International Standard Version
The Would-be Followers of Jesus(A)
18 When Jesus saw the large crowds around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the Sea of Galilee.[a] 19 Just then, a scribe came up and told him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
20 Jesus told him,
21 Then another of his disciples told him, “Lord,[d] first let me go and bury my father.”
22 But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
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- Matthew 8:18 The Gk. lacks of the Sea of Galilee
- Matthew 8:20 Lit. birds in the sky
- Matthew 8:20 Lit. no place to lay his head
- Matthew 8:21 Or Sir
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