King James Version (KJV)

Matthew 8:19

“And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.”

Verse in context — Matthew 8

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare [our] sicknesses.

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

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 another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

Jesus as the promised Messiah, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.