19A scribe came, and said to him, |Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.|


In Context

16 When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;

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.|

20 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.|

Matthew 8:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:19And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:19Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:19And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:19And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19And a scribe came up and said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou mayest go.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:19And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:19and a certain scribe having come, said to him, 'Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:19And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Master, I will follow you wherever you go.