Matthew 8:18-22 - Would-Be Followers

¹⁸ Now Jesus, because He saw a crowd about Him, gave orders to cross to the other side. ¹⁹ And a scribe came up and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you may go."

²⁰ And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, even wild birds have roosts, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."

²¹ Another of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, let me first go back and bury my father."

²² And Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."

⁵⁷ While they were going along the road, a man said to Him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

⁵⁸ But Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, even wild birds have roosts, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." ⁵⁹ He said to another man, "Follow me." But he said, "Let me first go back and bury my father."

⁶⁰ Then He answered him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but you go on and continue to spread the good news of the kingdom of God."

⁶¹ Still another man said, "I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say 'Goodbye' to the homefolks."

⁶² Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then continues to look back, is fitted for service in the kingdom of God."