Matthew 8:18-22
1599 Geneva Bible
18 ¶ (A)And when Jesus saw great multitudes of people about him, he commanded them to go [a]over the water.
19 [b]Then came there a certain Scribe, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
20 But Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have [c]nests, but the Son of man hath not whereon to rest his head.
21 ¶ [d]And another of his disciples said unto him, Master, suffer me first to go, and bury my father.
22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me, and let the dead bury the dead.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Matthew 8:18 For Capernaum was situated upon the lake of Tiberias.
- Matthew 8:19 The true disciples of Christ must prepare themselves to all kind of miseries.
- Matthew 8:20 Word for word, shades made with boughs.
- Matthew 8:21 When God requireth our labor, we must leave off all our duty to men.
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