Devine Scripture

Matthew 8:20

Matthew chapter 8 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Context

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

v.20This passage

v.21And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 2:7

    And she brought forth her firstborn son; and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

  • Luke 2:16

    And they came with haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger.

  • Luke 2:12

    And this is the sign unto you: Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.

  • Psalms 84:3

    Yea, the sparrow hath found her a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even thine altars, O Jehovah of hosts, My King, and my God.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich.

  • Psalms 104:17

    Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.