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Matthew 8:19

And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiAndG2532 →
προσελθὼνproselthōnhaving come to [Him]G4334 →
εἷςheisoneG1520 →
γραμματεὺςgrammateusscribeG1122 →
εἶπενeipensaidG2036 →
αὐτῷ·autōto Him;G846 →
διδάσκαλε,didaskaleTeacher,G1320 →
ἀκολουθήσωakolouthēsōI will followG190 →
σοιsoiYouG4771 →
ὅπουhopouwhereverG3699 →
ἐὰνeanifG1437 →
ἀπέρχῃ.aperchēYou shall go.G565 →

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Ruth 1:16But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.Luke 22:33–34“Lord,” said Peter, “I am ready to go with You even to prison and to death.”Luke 14:33In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.John 13:36–38“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”Luke 14:25–27Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,Mark 12:32–34“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him,Luke 9:57–60As they were walking along the road, someone said to Jesus, “I will follow You wherever You go.”1 Corinthians 1:20Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?Revelation 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.1 Chronicles 24:6The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.Joshua 3:3and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.Ezra 7:6this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

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