Matthew 8:20
“And Iesus saith vnto him, The Foxes haue holes, and the birds of the ayre haue nests: but the sonne of man hath not where to lay his head.”
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Matthew 8:20 Context
18¶ Now when Iesus saw great multitudes about him, hee gaue commaundement to depart vnto the other side. 19And a certaine Scribe came, and said vnto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoeuer thou goest. 20And Iesus saith vnto him, The Foxes haue holes, and the birds of the ayre haue nests: but the sonne of man hath not where to lay his head. 21And another of his Disciples said vnto him, Lord, suffer me first to goe, and bury my father. 22But Iesus said vnto him, Follow me, & let the dead, bury their dead.
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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.
- King James Version
Jesus *said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air {have} nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head."
- New American Standard Version (1995)