Matthew 8:20
And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.
21And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Cross References
Psalms 40:17Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee : and let such as love thy salvation say always : The Lord be magnified.
Psalms 84:3my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.
Psalms 109:22for I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.
Daniel 7:13I beheld therefore in the vision of the night, and lo, one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and he came even to the Ancient of days: and they presented him before him.
Matthew 12:32And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.
Matthew 16:13And Jesus came into the quarters of Cesarea Philippi: and he asked his disciples, saying: Whom do men say that the Son of man is?
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 →