Matthew 8:20

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.

And {G2532} Jesus {G2424} saith {G3004} unto him {G846}, The foxes {G258} have {G2192} holes {G5454}, and {G2532} the birds {G4071} of the air {G3772} have nests {G2682}; but {G1161} the Son {G5207} of man {G444} hath {G2192} not {G3756} where {G4226} to lay {G2827} his head {G2776}.

Yeshua said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds flying about have nests, but the Son of Man has no home of his own."

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

And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 84:3 (10 votes)

    Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, [even] thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

  • Luke 2:7 (8 votes)

    And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

  • Isaiah 53:2 (3 votes)

    For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.

  • Isaiah 53:3 (3 votes)

    He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were [our] faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

  • Psalms 69:29 (2 votes)

    But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:9 (2 votes)

    For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

  • Luke 2:12 (2 votes)

    And this [shall be] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.