Matthew 8:19
And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
In Context
18And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.
Cross References
Ezra 7:6This Esdras went up from Babylon, and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God had given to Israel: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.
Luke 9:57And it came to pass, as they walked in the way, that a certain man said to him: I will follow thee withersoever thou goest.
Luke 14:33So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.
John 13:36Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered: Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow hereafter.
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 →