Matthew 8:18-28

The Cost of Following Jesus

18 Now ¹when Jesus saw a crowd around him, ²he gave orders to go over to the other side.

19 ³And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

20 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

21 Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

22 And Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave ⁴the dead to bury their own dead."

Jesus Calms a Storm

23 ⁵And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.

24 And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but ⁶he was asleep.

25 And they went and woke him, saying, ⁷"Save us, Lord; we are perishing."

26 And he said to them, "Why are you ⁸afraid, ⁹O you of little faith?" Then he rose and ¹⁰rebuked the winds and the sea, and ¹¹there was a great calm.

27 And the men ¹²marveled, saying, "What sort of man is this, that even ¹³winds and sea obey him?"

Jesus Heals Two Men with Demons

28 ¹⁴And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes,^[a] two ¹⁵demon-possessed^[b] men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way.

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Cross References 15

1. [Matthew 14:22; John 6:15-17]
2. Mark 4:35; Luke 8:22
3. For ver. 19-22, see Luke 9:57-60
4. [John 5:25]
5. For ver. 23-27, see Mark 4:36-41; Luke 8:22-25; [John 6:16-21]
6. [John 4:6, 7]
7. [Matthew 14:30]
8. John 14:27
9. See Matthew 6:30
10. Psalms 104:6, 7; [Luke 4:39]
11. Job 38:11; Psalms 65:7; [Matthew 14:32]
12. [Mark 1:27]
13. [Luke 5:9]
14. For ch. 8:28 - 9:1, see Mark 5:1-21; Luke 8:26-40
15. ver. 16; [Revelation 18:2]

Footnotes 2

[a]. Some manuscripts Gergesenes; some Gerasenes
[b]. Greek daimonizomai; also verse 33; elsewhere rendered oppressed by demons

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