Matthew 8:19
Then a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow yoʋ wherever yoʋ go.”
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
In Context
18When Jesus saw the large crowds around him, he gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.
Cross References
Luke 9:57As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow yoʋ wherever yoʋ go, Lord.”
Luke 14:33So then, any one of you who does not give up all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
John 13:36Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are yoʋ going?” Jesus answered him, “Yoʋ cannot follow me now to the place where I am going, but afterward yoʋ 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 →