52 Bible Verses about Discipleship

going, therefore, disciple ye all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

And there entered a reasoning among them, as to which of them should be greatest.

and, having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass that, even for a whole year, they met together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude; and that the disciples got the name "Christian" first in Antioch.

And they, going forth, preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word through the signs closely following.

In this was My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and become My disciples.

Mary Magdalene comes, proclaiming to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and that He spake these things to her.

He answered them, "I told you already, and ye did not hear; why do ye wish to hear it again? Do ye also wish to become His disciples?"

But He, turning about, and seeing the disciples, rebuked Peter, and saith, "Get behind Me, Satan; because you are not minding the things of God, but the things of men."

By this shall all know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another."

Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others; and sent them away, two and two, before His face, into every city and place, whither He Himself was about to come.

Then said Jesus to His disciples, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me;

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

And it came to pass that, when Jesus finished commanding His twelve disciples, He departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.

"If any one comes to Me, and hates not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and, further, his own soul also, he cannot be My disciple.

(although Jesus Himself did not immerse, but His disciples),

And the disciples, having come near, said to Him, "Wherefore dost Thou speak to them in parables?"

When, therefore, He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture, and the word that Jesus spake.

Jesus, therefore, said to those Jews who had believed on Him, "If ye abide in My word, ye are truly My disciples;

The disciples say to Him, "If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry."

Now it came to pass on one of the days, that both He and His disciples entered into a boat; and He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." And they set forth.

From this time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him.

And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."

saying, "Say ye that His disciples, coming by night, stole Him, while we were sleeping.

but their eyes were holden that they should not recognize Him.

And John, having heard, in the prison, of the works of the Christ, sending by his disciples,

This saying, therefore, went forth among the brethren, that that disciple should not die; yet Jesus did not say to him, that he should not die, but, "If I wish him to remain till I come, what is it to you?"

Then Jesus spake to the multitude, and to His disciples,

And He said, "Are ye also even yet without understanding?

Now, having come to Jerusalem, he was trying to join himself to the disciples; and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the grain-fields; and His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck heads of grain, and to eat.

And whosoever does not bear his own cross, and come after Me, cannot be My disciple.

And, having called to Him His twelve disciples, He gave them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

And they reviled him, and said, "You are His disciple; but we are disciples of Moses.

And another of the disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father."

And Jesus, having called His disciples near, said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with Me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am not willing to send them away fasting, lest haply they faint in the way."

And I brought him to Thy disciples, and they could not heal him."

And Jesus, turning and beholding them following, saith to them, "What are ye seeking?" They said to Him, "Rabbi," (which, being translated, means Teacher), "where abidest Thou?"

And, seeing it, His disciples, James and John, said, "Lord, dost Thou wish that we bid fire come down from heaven, and consume them?"

And He said to the disciples, "There will come days, when ye will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye will not see it.

And He calleth to Him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two, and was giving them authority over the unclean spirits;

And, when the hour came, He reclined at table, and His apostles with Him.

Simon Peter says to them, "I am going away to fish." They say to him, We also are coming with you." They went forth, and entered into a boat; and in that night they caught nothing.

And He saith to them, "Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

John said to Him, "Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in Thy name; and we forbade him, because he was not following us."

And another said, "I will follow Thee, Lord; but first permit me to bid adieu to those within my house."

There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathaniel of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples.

And He Himself was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion; and they awake Him, and say to Him, "Teacher, is it no concern to Thee that we perish?"

Peter therefore, seeing him, says to Jesus, "Lord, and what will this man do?"