Matthew 8:19
and a certain scribe having come, said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You may go”;
Literal Standard 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
18And Jesus having seen great multitudes around Him, commanded to depart to the other side;
Cross References
Ezra 7:6Ezra himself has come up from Babylon, and he [is] a scribe ready in the Law of Moses, that YHWH God of Israel gave, and the king gives to him—according to the hand of his God YHWH on him—all his request.
Luke 9:57And it came to pass, as they are going on in the way, a certain one said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You may go, Lord”;
Luke 14:33So, then, everyone of you who does not take leave of all that he himself has, is not able to be My disciple.
John 13:36Simon Peter says to Him, “Lord, to where do You go away?” Jesus answered him, “To where I go away, you are not able now to follow Me, but afterward you will follow Me.”
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 →