Matthew 8:18-27

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.’

Jesus calms the storm

²³ Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. ²⁴ Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. ²⁵ The disciples went and woke him, saying, ‘Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!’

²⁶ He replied, ‘You of little faith, why are you so afraid?’ Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.

²⁷ The men were amazed and asked, ‘What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!’