Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And a certain scholar having come, he said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou may go.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
Holman Bible
A scribe approached Him and said,
International Standard Version
Just then, a scribe came up and told him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
American Standard Version
And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
Amplified
Then [on His way to board the boat] a scribe [who was a respected and authoritative interpreter of the Law] came and said to Him, “Master, I will accompany You [as Your student] wherever You go.”
An Understandable Version
[While there] an expert in the law of Moses said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
Anderson New Testament
And a certain scribe came and said to him.: Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou goest.
Bible in Basic English
And there came a scribe and said to him, Master, I will come after you wherever you go.
Common New Testament
Then a certain scribe came and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
Daniel Mace New Testament
when a certain scribe came to him, and said, Master, I will follow you where-ever you go.
Darby Translation
And a scribe came up and said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou mayest go.
Godbey New Testament
And one scribe having come, said to Him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou mayest go.
Goodspeed New Testament
And a scribe came up and said to him, "Master, I will follow you wherever you are going!"
John Wesley New Testament
And a certain scribe came and said to him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
Julia Smith Translation
And one scribe, coming near, said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou goest.
King James 2000
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And a scribe approached [and] said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!"
Modern King James verseion
And a certain scribe came and said to him, Master, I will follow You wherever You go.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there came a scribe, and said unto him, "Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest."
Moffatt New Testament
A scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you anywhere";
Montgomery New Testament
when a Scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go!"
NET Bible
Then an expert in the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
New Heart English Bible
Then a scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
Noyes New Testament
And a certain scribe came and said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou goest.
Sawyer New Testament
And a certain scribe came and said to him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.
The Emphasized Bible
And a certain scribe, coming near, said unto him, - Teacher; I will follow thee, whithersoever Thou goest.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And a Teacher of the Law came up to him, and said: "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
Webster
And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
Weymouth New Testament
when a Scribe came and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
Williams New Testament
And a scribe came up and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you may go."
World English Bible
A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
Worrell New Testament
And a scribe, coming near, said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow Thee wheresoever Thou mayst go."
Worsley New Testament
And a certain scribe came to Him, and said, Master, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest:
Youngs Literal Translation
and a certain scribe having come, said to him, 'Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou mayest go;'
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 8:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
What It Takes To Be A Disciple
18 Now when Jesus saw many multitudes around him, he commanded to depart to the other side. 19 And a certain scholar having come, he said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou may go. 20 And Jesus says to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has nowhere he may lay his head.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Ezra 7:6
this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which LORD, the God of Israel, had given. And the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of LORD his God upon him.
Mark 12:32-34
And the scholar said to him, Well, teacher. Thou spoke in truth that he is one, and there is no other but he.
Luke 9:57-60
And it came to pass while they went on the way, a certain man said to him, I will follow thee wherever thou may go, Lord.
Luke 14:25-27
Now many multitudes went with him, and having turned, he said to them,
Luke 14:33
So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.
Luke 22:33-34
And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee both to prison and to death.
John 13:36-38
Simon Peter says to him, Lord, where do thou go? Jesus answered him, Where I go, thou cannot follow me now, but thou will follow me afterwards.
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is a wise man? Where is a scholar? Where is a researcher of this age? Did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?