NEW TESTAMENT · VERSE 20

Matthew 8:20

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Jesus 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.”

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THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Matthew 8:20 in context

Matthew 8:17–23

17

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”

18

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.

19

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

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Jesus 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.”

21

Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

22

But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

23

When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him.

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