Matthew 8:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

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  • Ps 84:3 : 3 The little birds have places for themselves, where they may put their young, even your altars, O Lord of armies, my King and my God.
  • Matt 12:40 : 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so will the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  • Luke 2:7 : 7 And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.
  • Luke 2:16 : 16 And they came quickly, and saw Mary and Joseph, and the child in the place where the cattle had their food.
  • Ps 40:17 : 17 Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.
  • Ps 69:29 : 29 But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.
  • Matt 16:13 : 13 Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is?
  • Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will give to every man the reward of his works.
  • Matt 17:9 : 9 And when they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus gave them orders, saying, Let no man have word of what you have seen, till the Son of man has come again from the dead.
  • Ps 104:17 : 17 Where the birds have their resting-places; as for the stork, the tall trees are her house.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.
  • Isa 53:2-3 : 2 For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure; 3 Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
  • Dan 7:13 : 13 I saw in visions of the night, and there was coming with the clouds of heaven one like a man, and he came to the one who was very old, and they took him near before him.
  • Matt 12:8 : 8 For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath.
  • Matt 12:32 : 32 And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.
  • Matt 19:28 : 28 And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you that in the time when all things are made new, and the Son of man is seated in his glory, you who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • Luke 2:12 : 12 And this is the sign to you: you will see a young child folded in linen, in the place where the cattle have their food.
  • Luke 8:3 : 3 And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

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