Matthew 8:18-22

The Cost of Discipleship

18 When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea. ^{[a] 1}

19 And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

21 Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

22 But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Cross References

• 1. (Luke 9:57–62; Luke 14:25–33; John 6:59–66)

Footnotes

• [a] That is, the Sea of Galilee; Greek to the other side