52 Bible Verses about Discipleship

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations; baptize them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

Now there arose a dispute among them, which of them was to be the greatest.

He succeeded, and brought him to Antioch; and for a whole year they attended the meetings of the Church, and taught a large number of people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of 'Christians.'

But they went out and made proclamation everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming their Message by the signs which accompanied it.

By this is God glorified--by your bearing abundant fruit and thus being true disciples of mine.

Mary of Magdala came and brought word to the disciples. "I have seen the Master," she said. And she told them that He had said these things to her.

"I have told you already," he replied, "and you did not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also mean to be disciples of his?"

But turning round and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter. "Get behind me, Adversary," He said, "for your thoughts are not God's thoughts, but men's."

It is by this that every one will know that you are my disciples--if you love one another."

After this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them before Him, by twos, to go to every town or place which He Himself intended to visit.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If any one desires to follow me, let him renounce self and take up his cross, and so be my follower.

Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James the son of Zabdi, and his brother John;

When Jesus had concluded His instructions to His twelve disciples, He left in order to teach and to proclaim His Message in the neighbouring towns.

"If any one is coming to me who does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes and his own life also, he cannot be a disciple of mine.

though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--

(And His disciples came and asked Him, "Why do you speak to them in figurative language?"

When however He had risen from among the dead, His disciples recollected that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the teaching which Jesus had given them.

Jesus therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, "As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples;

"If this is the case with a man in relation to his wife," said the disciples to Him, "it is better not to marry."

One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail.

Thereupon many of His disciples left Him and went away, and no longer associated with Him.

And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Give us faith."

telling them to say, "His disciples came during the night and stole his body while we were asleep."

though they were prevented from recognizing Him.

Now John had heard in prison about the Christ's doings, and he sent some of his disciples to inquire:

Hence the report spread among the brethren that that disciple would never die. Yet Jesus did not say, "He is not to die," but, "If I desire him to remain till I come, what concern is that of yours?"

Then Jesus addressed the crowds and His disciples.

"Are even you," He answered, "still without intellingence?

So he came to Jerusalem and made several attempts to associate with the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, being in doubt as to whether he himself was a disciple.

About that time Jesus passed on the Sabbath through the wheatfields; and His disciples became hungry, and began to gather ears of wheat and eat them.

No one who does not carry his own cross and come after me can be a disciple of mine.

Then He called to Him His twelve disciples and gave them authority over foul spirits, to drive them out; and to cure every kind of disease and infirmity.

Then they railed at him, and said, "You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

Another of the disciples said to Him, "Sir, allow me first to go and bury my father."

But Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "My heart yearns over this mass of people, for it is now the third day that they have been with me and they have nothing to eat. I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they should faint on the road."

I have brought him to your disciples, and they have not been able to cure him."

Then Jesus turned round, and seeing them following He asked them, "What is your wish?" "Rabbi," they replied--'Rabbi' means 'Teacher' --"where are you staying?"

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Master, do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume them?"

Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.

Then summoning the Twelve to Him, He proceeded to send them out by twos, and gave them authority over the foul spirits.

When the time was come, and He had taken His place at table, and the Apostles with Him,

Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." "We will go too," said they. So they set out and went on board their boat; but they caught nothing that night.

And He said to them, "Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

"Rabbi," said John to Him, "we saw a man making use of your name to expel demons, and we tried to hinder him, on the ground that he did not follow us."

"Master," said yet another, "I will follow you; but allow me first to go and say good-bye to my friends at home."

Simon Peter was with Thomas, called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zabdi, and two others of the Master's disciples.

But He Himself was in the stern asleep, with His head on the cushion: so they woke Him. "Rabbi," they cried, "is it nothing to you that we are drowning?"

On seeing him, Peter asked Jesus, "And, Master, what about him?"