Matthew 8:19 - Plain English Version

¹⁹ After they got there, a Jewish law teacher went to Jesus and said, “Teacher, I want to be one of your followers. I will go everywhere with you.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ And a scribe came up and said to Him, Master, I will accompany You wherever You go.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁹ A legal expert came and said to him, “Teacher, I’ll follow you wherever you go.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ And one scribe, approaching, said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you will go."

Matthew 8:19 Cross References

Luke 14:33

Then Jesus said, “It is the same for you. If you want to be one of my followers, you have to think about it. You see, your life will be hard. You will have to leave everything you own, and then you can follow me.” (We have not yet translated 14:34-35. You can read those messages in Mark 9:50; Matthew 5:13.)

1 Corinthians 1:20

So what does that tell us about the smart people in this world? And what about those people that reckon they properly know the Jewish law? And what about those people that can talk really good, so that they win arguments? None of them get to know God. They leave God out. They don’t think about him, and in the end God shows us that they are all stupid.

1 Corinthians 16:6

Maybe I will stay with you for a while. I might even stay until the end of the cold weather time, and then you can give me the things I will need for my trip to the next place.