Matthew 8:19

World English Bible

A scribe came, and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

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Matthew 8:19 in other translations

And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

Matthew 8:19 · American Standard Version

Matthew 8:19 in context

  1. 17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”
  2. 18Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
  3. 19A scribe came, and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
  4. 20Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
  5. 21Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”