New Living Translation

Matthew 8:17-24 New Living Translation (NLT)

17. This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said,“He took our sicknessesand removed our diseases.”

18. When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.

19. Then one of the teachers of religious law said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

20. But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.”

21. Another of his disciples said, “Lord, first let me return home and bury my father.”

22. But Jesus told him, “Follow me now. Let the spiritually dead bury their own dead.”

23. Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples.

24. Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.