Matthew 8:19
And one scribe, approaching, said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you will go.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
In Context
18Then Jesus, seeing the great crowds encircling him, gave orders to go across the sea.
Cross References
Ezra 7:6this same Ezra, ascended from Babylon; and he was a proficient scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God gave to Israel. And the king granted to him his every petition. For the hand of the Lord, his God, was over him.
Luke 9:57And it happened that, as they were walking along the way, someone said to him, “I will follow you, wherever you will go.”
Luke 14:33Therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all that he possesses is not able to be my disciple.
John 13:36Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus responded: “Where I am going, you are not able to follow me now. But you shall follow afterward.”
Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:19-23
Christ's Answer to a Scribe and Another. 18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. 19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me;… Read the whole commentary →