Matthew 8:20

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Matthew 8:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 When Jesus saw a large crowd around Him, He gave orders to cross to the other side of the sea.

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

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

21 Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

22 But Jesus told him, “Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

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Psalms 84:3

Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.

Psalms 104:17

where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.

Psalms 40:17

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Psalms 69:29

But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

Psalms 109:22

For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

Isaiah 53:2

He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

Luke 2:7

And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Luke 2:12

And this will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”

Luke 2:16

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the Baby, who was lying in the manger.

Luke 8:3

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2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.