Matthew 8:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jesus said to him,“Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

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  • Ps 84:3 : 3 Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my king and my God.
  • Matt 12:40 : 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.
  • Luke 2:7 : 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
  • Luke 2:16 : 16 So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger.
  • Ps 40:17 : 17 I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!
  • Ps 69:29 : 29 I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!
  • Matt 16:13 : 13 Peter’s Confession When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
  • Matt 16:27 : 27 For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.
  • Matt 17:9 : 9 As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them,“Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead.”
  • Ps 104:17 : 17 where the birds make nests, near the evergreens in which the herons live.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.
  • Isa 53:2-3 : 2 He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him. 3 He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
  • Dan 7:13 : 13 I was watching in the night visions,“And with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man was approaching. He went up to the Ancient of Days and was escorted before him.
  • Matt 12:8 : 8 For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath.”
  • Matt 12:32 : 32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
  • Matt 19:28 : 28 Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth: In the age when all things are renewed, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
  • Luke 2:12 : 12 This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
  • Luke 8:3 : 3 and Joanna the wife of Cuza(Herod’s household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

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