Matthew 8:18-22

Discipleship Tested

18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, ¹He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.

19 ²Then a scribe came and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow You wherever * You go."

20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but ³the Son of Man has nowhere * to lay His head."

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

22 But Jesus said to him, "⁴Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead."

Cross References

• 1. Mark 4:35; Luke 8:22
• 2. Matthew 8:19-22: {Luke 9:57-60}
• 3. Daniel 7:13; Matthew 9:6; Matthew 12:8, 32, 40; Matthew 13:41; Matthew 16:13, 27; Matthew 17:9; Matthew 19:28; Matthew 26:64; Mark 8:38; Luke 12:8; Luke 18:8; Luke 21:36; John 1:51; John 3:13; John 6:27; John 12:34; Acts 7:56
• 4. Matthew 9:9; Mark 2:14; Luke 9:59, 60; John 1:43; John 21:19

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sky"
• [b] Or "roosting places"