47 Bible Verses about Commitment, to Jesus Christ

He said to them: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people.

Jesus said: Follow me and I will teach you to catch people.

Jesus moved on. He then saw Matthew seated at his work collecting taxes. He said to him: Follow me. He rose and followed him.

He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were collected. He said to him: Come with me. And he got up and went with him.

After that he met a tax collector named Levi sitting at his place of business. He told him: Follow me.

Jesus then replied: If you wish to be complete, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor. You will have wealth in heaven. Then follow me! But hearing these words, the young man went away grieving, for he was very wealthy.

The next day he was reminded to go into Galilee. There he found Philip. Jesus said to him, Follow me.

Now this he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should glorify God. After he spoke he said: Follow me.

Now may the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus.

Concerning that I say, that each one of you said, I follow Paul; and I follow Apollos; and I follow Cephas; and I follow Christ.

He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Anyone who does not pick up his stake and follow me is not worthy of me.

You who come to me may not be my disciple unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters and yourself. Those who do not carry their own stake and come after me may not be my disciples.

Then Jesus told his disciples: If any man wants to follow me (be mine), let him deny (disown) himself, and take up his stake and follow me (Greek: akoloutheo moi, let him be following me) (accompany me) (be in the same way with me).

He then spoke to both his disciples and the crowd. He said: If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his stake and follow me.

He told them all: If any man would come after me let him deny himself. Let him take up his stake (of self-denial) daily, and follow me.

He that loves his life [in this world] loses it; and he that detests (does not love) his life in this world shall save it for everlasting life. If you want to serve me follow me! My servant will be where I am and the Father will honor my servant.

But Jesus said to him: Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

Whoever finds his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Whoever would save his life will lose it. Whoever would lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

He who seeks to gain his life will lose it. He who loses his life will preserve it.

Jesus then replied: If you wish to be complete, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor. You will have wealth in heaven. Then follow me!

Jesus lovingly looked at him and said: You lack one thing. Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.

When Jesus heard it he said to him, You lack one thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.

If you plan to build a tower, you sit down first and figure out what it will cost. Then you see if you have enough money to finish the job. If you do not, you will not be able to finish the project after laying the foundation. Everyone who sees what happened will ridicule and poke fun of you. You started and could not finish,' they will say.read more.
When a king commands ten thousand men to fight another king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to defeat the other king. If he is not strong enough he will send messengers to the other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still far away. Likewise, concluded Jesus, none of you may be my disciples unless you give up everything you have.

For this you were called because Christ also suffered for you. He left you an example (a copy for imitation) (a model) that you should follow in his steps.

He told another: Follow me. But he said: Lord first let me go bury my father.

Another said: I will follow you Lord, but first let me go say good by to my relatives.

A great crowd followed him because they saw the signs (miracles) he performed on the sick.

After this many of his disciples returned to their old ways. They did not walk with him anymore.

At once they abandoned their nets and followed him.

They immediately left the nets and went with him.

Instantly they left the boat and their father, and went with him.

Jesus called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went with Jesus.

He gave up everything and followed him.

One of the two, who heard John speak and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

Many of the rulers believed in him, although they did not confess their faith because of the Pharisees, for they would be expelled from the synagogue.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi! We know you are a teacher from God. No one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.

He that has my commandments, and obeys them loves me. My Father will love the person who loves me. I will love him and disclose myself to him.

My beloved, you have always obeyed, not just in my presence, but now much more in my absence. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Jesus told the Jews who believed him: If you dwell in my word you truly are my disciples.

If you love me, you will keep (obey) my commandments!

Be followers (imitators) of me, even as I also am of Christ.

If any man does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Come O Lord!

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your heart, as to Christ. This should not be in the way of eye service, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from a complete heart;

We know that we know him, when we obey his commandments.

Whatever we ask we receive from Him because we obey His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another. He gave us this commandment! The one who obeys God's commandments lives in God, and God lives in (with) Him. We know that He lives in (with) us by the Spirit He gave us.

These are they who were not defiled with women. They are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed (bought) from among mankind. They are the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.