20Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."


In Context

17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases."

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 holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place 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."

Matthew 8:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests: but the son of man hath not where to lay his head.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven roosting-places; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20And Jesus saith to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20Jesus 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:20and Jesus saith to him, 'The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven places of rest, but the Son of Man hath not where he may lay the head.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:20And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.