Matthew 8:18–22 — Some wanted to follow Yeshua

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Mat 8:18–22

8:18 Some wanted to follow Yeshua

(Luke 9:57-62)

18 When Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) saw the crowd around him, he told his apprentices to take him across to the other side of the lake. 19 One of the religious teachers came up to Yeshua and told him, “Teacher, I’ll follow you wherever you go.”

20 “Foxes have burrows,” said Yeshua, “and birds have their nests, but the son of humanity doesn’t even have a place to lay his head.”

21 Another one of his apprentices said to him, “I’ll follow you, Master, but first let me wait until I can bury[fn] my father.”

22 “Follow after me,” Yeshua responded, “and leave the dead to bury the dead by themselves.”

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18 And the Yaʸsous having _seen crowd around him, he _commanded them to _go _away to the side across.

19 And one scribe having _approached, said to _him:
Teacher, I _will _be _following after _you wherever if you _may _be _going _away.

20 And the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is _saying to _him:
- Foxes are _having burrows and the birds of _the sky nests, but the the_son of_ the _man is _having not somewhere he _may _be _laying his head.

21 And another of _the apprentices/followers said to _him:
master, permit to _me first to _go _away and to _bury the father of _me.

22 But the Yaʸsous is _saying to _him:
Be _following after _me and leave the dead to _bury the dead by _themselves.

8:21 It’s not certain from either the text or the context whether this person meant that their father had just died (less likely, perhaps, because they probably wouldn’t have been there at all), or that they wanted to delay until their (presumably, elderly) father passed away before following Yeshua.

Luke 9:57–62

9:57 Those who would have liked to follow Yeshua

(Mat. 8:19-22)

57 As they headed down the road, someone told Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus), “I’ll follow you wherever you go to.”

58 “Foxes have their burrows,” he responded, “and the birds have their nests, but the son of humanity has no home where he can lie down and relax.”

59 Later he told a different person, “Follow me.”

But the man replied, “Master, just let me go and bury my father first.”

60 “Leave those who are dead to bury the dead by themselves,” Yeshua said, “but you go and tell people about God’s kingdom.”

61 Also, another person said, “I’ll follow after you, master, but first let me go back and say goodbye to everyone at home.”[ref]

62 But Yeshua responded, “No one who starts ploughing a field and then starts looking backwards is suitable for God’s kingdom.”

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57 And going of _them on the road, someone said to him:
I _will _be _following after _you wherever if you _may _be _going _away.

58 And the Yaʸsous said to _him:
- foxes are _having burrows, and the birds of _the sky nests, but the son of_ the _man is_ not _having somewhere his head may _be _laying.

59 And he _said to another:
Be _following after _me.
But he said:
master, permit to _me having _gone _away, first to _bury the father of _me.

60 But he _said to _him:
Leave the dead to _bury the dead by _themselves, but you having _gone _away, be _proclaiming the kingdom of_ the _god.

61 And also another he _said:
I _will _be _following after _you, master, but first permit to _me to _bid _goodbye to _the ones at the home of _me.

62 But the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said:
No _one Having _laid _on the hand of _him on the_plow, and looking on the things behind, is suitable in _the kingdom of_ the _god.

9:61: 1Ki 19:20.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section MAT 8:18

Some wanted to follow Yeshua

Mat 8:18–22

Luke 9:57–62

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