Matthew 8:18-22

New International Version - UK

The cost of following Jesus

¹⁸ When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. ¹⁹ Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, ‘Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.’

²⁰ Jesus replied, ‘Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.’

²¹ Another disciple said to him, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’

²² But Jesus told him, ‘Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.’