Matthew 8:18-27

The Cost of Following Jesus

18 Now b when Jesus saw a crowd around him, c he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19 d And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." 20 And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head." 21 Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." 22 And Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave e the dead to bury their own dead."

Jesus Calms a Storm

23 f And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. 24 And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but g he was asleep. 25 And they went and woke him, saying, h "Save us, Lord; we are perishing." 26 And he said to them, "Why are you i afraid, j O you of little faith?" Then he rose and k rebuked the winds and the sea, and l there was a great calm. 27 And the men m marveled, saying, "What sort of man is this, that even n winds and sea obey him?"

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 14:22
    Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.
    John 6:15 - 17
    Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
  2. Cross References
    Mark 4:35
    On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side.
    Luke 8:22
    One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 8:19 - 22
    And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.
    Luke 9:57 - 60
    As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go.
  4. Cross References
    Matthew 8:19 - 22
    And a scribe came up and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.
    Luke 9:57 - 62
    As they were going along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go.
  5. Cross References
    John 5:25
    Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
  6. Cross References
    Matthew 8:23 - 27
    And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.
    Mark 4:36 - 41
    And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him.
    Luke 8:22 - 25
    One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out.
    John 6:16 - 21
    When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea.
  7. Cross References
    Matthew 8:23 - 27
    And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.
    Mark 4:35 - 41
    On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side.
    Luke 8:22 - 25
    One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out.
  8. Cross References
    John 4:6 - 7
    Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 14:30
    But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me.
  10. Cross References
    John 14:27
    Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
  11. Cross References
    Matthew 6:30
    But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 104:6 - 7
    You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.
    Luke 4:39
    And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.
  13. Cross References
    Job 38:11
    And said, 'Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed'?
    Psalms 65:7
    Who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples.
    Matthew 14:32
    And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.
  14. Cross References
    Mark 1:27
    And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.
  15. Cross References
    Luke 5:9
    For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken.
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