52 Bible Verses about Discipleship

Go therefore, make disciples among all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Then a dispute sprang up among them, which of them should be the greatest.

and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that during a whole year they were jointly employed in that church, and taught a vast multitude, and they called for the first time in Antioch the disciples Christians.

But they going forth preached every where, the Lord working mightily with them, and confirming the word, by attendant miracles.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye should bring forth much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Mary Magdalen cometh declaring to the disciples, that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things to her.

He answered them, I have already told you, and ye did not hearken: why do ye wish to hear it again? will ye also become his disciples?

But he turned himself around, and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou dost not relish the things which are of God, but those that are of men.

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

THEN after these things the Lord appointed other seventy persons also, and sent them, two and two before his face, into every city and place, whither he himself designed to go.

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

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

AND it came to pass, when Jesus had finished his injunctions to his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.

If any man cometh after me, and hateth not father, and mother, and wife and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

(though Jesus himself did not baptise, but his disciples),

And when his disciples came, they said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had spoken thus unto them; and they believed the scriptures, and the word which Jesus had spoken.

Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye abide in my word, assuredly ye are my disciples;

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

And it came to pass on one of the days, that he went himself into a ship, and his disciples, and said unto them, Let us pass over to the farther side of the lake. And they set fail.

From that [discourse] many of his disciples went away back, and no more followed him about.

And the disciples said unto the Lord, increase our faith.

saying, Report, that his disciples coming by night stole him away, while you were asleep.

But their eyes were under a restraint, that they might not discover him.

Then John, having heard in prison the works of Christ, sent two of his disciples,

Then this speech went forth among the disciples, as though this disciple was not to die: yet Jesus had not said to him, That he shall not die; but, If I will that he abide till I come, what is that to thee?

THEN Jesus spake to the multitudes and to his disciples,

And Jesus said, Are ye also to this time destitute of intelligence?

But when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not crediting that he was a disciple.

AT that time Jesus walked through corn-fields on a sabbath-day; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, he cannot be my disciple.

AND having called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to cure every disease, and every malady.

Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple, but we are the disciples of Moses.

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

Then Jesus calling his disciples, said, I have compassion on the multitude, for they have now continued with me three days, and have not any thing to eat: and send them away fasting I will not, lest they faint on the road.

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they have not been able to cure him.

Then Jesus turned about, and seeing them following, saith to them, What are ye seeking? They said unto him, Rabbi (which signifies, when translated, Master), where is thy abode?

And when the disciples James and John saw it, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them, just as Elias did?

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

And called the twelve, and began to send them two and two, and gave them authority over unclean spirits.

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

Simon Peter said to them, I am going a-fishing. They say to him, We too will go with thee. They went out, and got on board the vessel immediately; and that night they caught nothing.

And he saith to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

Then John addressed him, saying, Master, we saw a person in thy name casting out devils, who followeth us not: and we forbad him, because he did not follow us.

Then said another, I will follow thee, Lord, but give me leave first to bid adieu to those at my house.

Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, the twin, and Nathaniel who was of Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of the disciples were together.

and he was in the stern, sleeping on a pillow: and they awoke him, and say unto him, Master, is it no concern to thee that we are perishing?

Peter looking at him, saith to Jesus, Lord, and what will become of this man?