Matthew 8:18-22

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

Jesus Calls His Followers To Set Aside Earthly Goals And Limitations

¹⁸Now Jesus, having seen a crowd around Him, gave-orders to depart to the other side. ¹⁹And having come to Him, one scribe said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go”. ²⁰And Jesus says to him, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the heaven have nests, but the Son of Man does not have^[a] a place where He may lay His head”. ²¹And another of His disciples said to Him, “Master, permit me first to go and bury^[b] my father”. ²²But Jesus says to him, “Be following Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead”.

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Footnotes

Matthew 8:20 That is, Jesus is not going to an earthly home or destiny to which this man can follow Him.
Matthew 8:21 This man’s father may have just died; or, he may mean ‘Let me fulfill my duty to my father. When he dies, I will follow You.’

Disciples’ Literal New Testament (DLNT)

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