Mat 8:19-23 | ESV | STEP | And a scribe came up and said to him , Teacher , I will follow you wherever you go .

cFor ver. 23-27, see Mark 4:36-41; Luke 8:22-25; [John 6:16-21]

Matthew 8:19-23

19 ^aAnd a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22 And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave ^bthe dead to bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms a Storm

23 ^cAnd when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.