53 Bible Verses about Discipleship

Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Then there arose a dispute among them, which of them should be the greatest.

And it came to pass that for a whole year they gathered themselves together with the congregation and taught many people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

And they, going forth, preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word with the signs which followed them. Amen.

In this is my Father clarified, in that ye bear much fruit; and in this manner ye shall be my disciples.

Mary Magdalene came giving the news to the disciples, That I have seen the Lord, and he spoke these things unto me.

He answered them, I have told you already, and ye have heard; what more would ye hear? Do ye also desire to be his disciples?

And he, turning about and looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Get thyself from me, Satan, for thou knowest not the things that are of God, but the things that are of men.

By this shall everyone know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

After these things the Lord appointed another seventy also and sent them two by two before his face into every city and place where he himself would come.

Then Jesus said unto his disciples, If anyone will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: the first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee and John his brother;

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished giving commandments to his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities.

If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brethren and sisters, and even his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

(though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),

Then the disciples came and said unto him, Why dost thou speak unto them in parables?

Therefore when he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture and the word which Jesus had said.

Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye shall be my disciples indeed;

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples, and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.

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

And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept.

But their eyes were held fast that they should not know him.

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

Then this saying went abroad among the brethren that that disciple should not die; yet Jesus did not say unto him, He shall not die, but, If I will that he tarry until I come, what is that to thee?

Then Jesus spoke to the multitude and to his disciples,

And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he tried to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him and did not believe that he was a disciple.

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the planted fields, and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck the ears of grain and to eat.

And whosoever does not bear his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

Then calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of weakness.

Then they reviled him and said, Be thou his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

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

Then Jesus called his disciples unto him and said, I have mercy on the multitude because they persevere with me now three days and have nothing to eat, and I desire not to send them away fasting lest they faint in the way.

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.

Then Jesus turned and saw them following and said unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master), where dwellest thou?

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?

And he said unto the disciples, The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.

And he called unto him the twelve and began to send them forth by two and two and gave them power over the unclean spirits

And when the hour was come, he sat down at the table, and the twelve apostles with him.

Simon Peter said unto them, I am going fishing. They said unto him, Let us also go with thee. They went forth and entered into a ship immediately, and that night they caught nothing.

The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the wise that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary; he wakes up early, early shall he awaken my ear, that I might hear, as the wise.

And he said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name and he does not follow us; and we forbade him because he does not follow us.

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee, but let me first go bid farewell those who are at home at my house.

Simon Peter and Thomas, called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee and the sons of Zebedee and two other of his disciples were together.

And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow; and they awoke him and said unto him, Master, dost thou not care that we perish?

Peter seeing him said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?