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The Cost of Discipleship

Matthew 8:19

In 9 translations

BSB
And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”
KJV
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
WEB
A scribe came and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
ASV
And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
LSV
and a certain scribe having come, said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You may go”;
YLT
and a certain scribe having come, said to him, 'Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'
DBY
And a scribe came up and said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou mayest go.
DRC
And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.
GNV
Then came there a certaine Scribe, and said vnto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoeuer thou goest.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ προσελθὼν εἷς γραμματεὺς εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Διδάσκαλε, ἀκολουθήσω σοι ὅπου ἐὰν ἀπέρχῃ.
RP2018
Καὶ προσελθὼν εἷς γραμματεὺς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Διδάσκαλε, ἀκολουθήσω σοι ὅπου ἐὰν ἀπέρχῃ.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ προσελθὼν εἷς γραμματεὺς εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Διδάσκαλε, ἀκολουθήσω σοι ὅπου ἐὰν ἀπέρχῃ.
SCR1894
και προσελθων εις γραμματευς ειπεν αυτω διδασκαλε ακολουθησω σοι οπου εαν απερχη

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 22:33–34“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.” But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
  • Luke 14:33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
  • John 13:36–38“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.” “Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for…
  • Luke 14:25–27Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them, “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot…
  • Luke 9:57–60As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.” Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.” Then…
  • Mark 12:32–34“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him, and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to…
  • 1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
  • Ezra 7:6this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

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