Matthew 8:19

19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

Matthew 8:19 in Other Translations

19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

19 And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

19 Then one of the teachers of religious law said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

19 As they left, a religion scholar asked if he could go along. "I'll go with you, wherever," he said.

19 And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

19 A scribe came to him and said, "Teacher, I'll follow you wherever you go."

19 A scribe approached Him and said, "Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go!"

19 Then a teacher of the law came to him. He said, "Teacher, I will follow you no matter where you go."

Matthew 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 8:19

And a certain Scribe came
"As they went in the way", ( Luke 9:57 ) to go to the sea side, in order to take shipping, and pass to the other shore;

and said unto him, Master, or Rabbi, I will follow thee
whithersoever thou goest.
One would have thought, that this man desired in good earnest to be a disciple of Christ, were it not for Christ's answer to him, who knew his heart: from whence it appears, that he, seeing the miracles which Christ wrought, and observing the fame of him among the people, began to think that he would be generally received as the Messiah; and by joining himself to him, promised himself much ease, honour, and wealth. These seem to be the motives, which prevailed upon him to take so sudden and hasty a step; for he did not wait to be called to follow Christ, as the other disciples were, but offers himself to be one; that is, to be one of his intimates, one of his apostles; and besides, he rashly promises to do that, which he knew nothing of, and which in some cases is impossible to be done.

Matthew 8:19 In-Context

17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.”

18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.

19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

20 Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

21 Another disciple said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”