47 Bible Verses about Commitment, to Jesus Christ

And he said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And as Jesus passed by from that place, he saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphoeus sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him: Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And after these tilings, he went out and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the custom-house; and he said to him: Follow me.

Jesus said to him: If you would be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. When the young man heard that saying, he went away grieved; for he had great possessions.

and he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looking on him, said: You are Simon, the son of Jonah; you shall be called Cephas (which, when translated, is Rock).

But this he said, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he said to him: Follow me.

Now, may the God of patience and comfort make you of the same mind one toward another, according to Christ Jesus;

I mean this: that each one of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.

He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me: and whoever does not take his cross and fol low after me, is not worthy of me.

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and his own life also, he can not be my disciple. And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, can not be my disciple.

Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them: Whoever determines to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And he said to them all: If any one determines to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and fol low me.

He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to eternal life. If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant also be. If any one serve me, him will my Father honor.

But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake, shall find it.

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whoever will lose his life for my sake and the gospel s, shall save it.

Whoever will seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life, shall save it.

Jesus said to him: If you would be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

And Jesus, looking on him, loved him, and said to him: One thing you lack; go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and fol low me.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him: One thing you yet lack; sell all that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down, and count the cost, whether he has the means to finish it? Lest, when he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all that see it begin to deride him, saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.read more.
Or, what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down, and deliberate whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him that is coming; against him with twenty thousand? And if not, while he is yet at a distance, he sends an embassy, and asks for conditions of peace. So, then, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has, can not be my disciple.

To this, indeed, you have been called; because even Christ suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his footsteps.

And he said to another: Follow me. But he replied: Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.

And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but first permit me to take leave of those at home.

And a great multitude followed him, because they had seen the signs which he did in the case of the sick.

After this, many of his disciples went back, and walked with him no more.

And they immediately left their nets and followed him.

And immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

And he immediately called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

And leaving all, he arose and followed him.

He said to them: Come and see. They went and saw where he abode; and they remained with him that day; for it was about the tenth hour.

But yet, many even of the rulers believed on him; but on account of the Pharisees, they would not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou hast come as a teacher from God; for no man can do these signs which thou doest, unless God be with him.

He that has my commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father; and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

So, then, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

Then said Jesus to those Jews that believed on him: If you continue in my word, you are my disciples indeed,

If you love me, keep my commandments;

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

If any one loves not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. The Lord comes.

Servants, be subject to your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ; not with eye-service, as pleasing men, but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul;

And by this we know that we do know him, if we keep his commandments.

and whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things that are pleasing in his sight. And this is his commandment: That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one an other, as he gave us commandment. And he that keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

These are they that were not defiled with women; for they are virgins; these are they that follow the Lamb wherever he goes: these were redeemed from among men, the first-fruits to God and to the Lamb.