Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
And a Teacher of the Law came up to him, and said: "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you 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."
A Conservative Version
And a certain scholar having come, he said to him, Teacher, I will follow thee wherever thou may 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.
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
Hopou
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 8:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
What It Takes To Be A Disciple
18 Seeing a crowd round him, Jesus gave orders to go across. 19 And a Teacher of the Law came up to him, and said: "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." 20 "Foxes have holes," answered Jesus, "and wild birds their roosting-places, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Mark 12:32-34
"Wisely answered, Teacher!" exclaimed the Teacher of the Law. "It is true, as you say, that 'there is one God,' and that 'there is no other besides him';
Luke 9:57-60
And, while they were on their way, a man said to Jesus: "I will follow you wherever you go."
Luke 14:25-27
One day, when great crowds of people were walking with Jesus, he turned and said to them:
Luke 14:33
And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has--he cannot be a disciple of mine.
Luke 22:33-34
"Master," said Peter, "with you I am ready to go both to prison and to death."
John 13:36-38
"Where are you going, Master?" asked Peter. "I am going where you cannot now follow me," answered Jesus, "but you shall follow me later."
1 Corinthians 1:20
Where is the Philosopher? where the Teacher of the Law? where the Disputant of to-day? Has not God shown the world's philosophy to be folly?