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Matthew 8:18-22
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Matthew 8:18-22
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The Cost of Following Jesus
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When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.
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Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
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Jesus replied,
“Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”
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Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
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But Jesus told him,
“Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
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Mark 4:35
2.
Daniel 7:13
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Matthew 12:8,32,40
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Matthew 16:13,27,28
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Matthew 17:9
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Matthew 19:28
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Mark 2:10
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Mark 8:31
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Matthew 4:19
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