53 Bible Verses about Discipleship

Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

They reasoned among themselves which of them was the greatest.

When he found him, he brought him to Antioch. They met with the congregation for a whole year. They taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

not in some older manuscripts) After he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene. She was the one who had the seven demons that he cast out.

My Father is glorified when you bear much fruit. You will be my disciples.

Mary Magdalene went to tell the disciples: I have seen the Lord! He said these things to me.

He answered them: I told you before and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Would you also become his disciples?

He turned around and looked at his disciples. Then he rebuked Peter saying: Get behind me Satan for you do not pay attention to the things of God. You tend to the things of men.

All men will know that you are my disciples if you have love for one another.

The Lord appointed seventy disciples and sent them in groups of two into every city and place where he was about to go.

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).

The following are the names of the twelve apostles (ambassadors of the good news) (messengers): first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

When Jesus finished instructing his twelve disciples, he left to teach and preach in their cities.

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.

Actually Jesus did not baptize. His disciples baptized.

The disciples asked him: Why do you speak in illustrations?

When he was raised from the dead his disciples remembered that he said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus said.

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

The disciples said to him: This being the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.

He said to his disciples: Let us go to the other side of the lake. Then he and his disciples boarded a boat and did so.

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

The apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith.

The soldiers were instructed to say: His disciples came at night and stole him while we slept.

But their eyes did not permit them to recognize him.

While in prison, John heard news of what Christ was doing. He sent his disciples.

This expression went among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. Yet Jesus did not say that he should not die. He only said: If I will that he stay until I come, what is that to you?

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples.

He replied: Are you, like them, without wisdom?

When Saul came to Jerusalem he attempted to join the disciples. They were afraid of him and did not believe he was a disciple.

Jesus' disciples were hungry. It was Sabbath day and yet Jesus and his disciples went through the grain fields plucking ears and eating them.

Those who do not carry their own stake and come after me may not be my disciples.

He called his twelve disciples. He gave them power to cast out unclean spirits and to heal all kinds of disease and sickness.

Then they spoke abusively to him: You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses.

One of his disciples said: Lord, first allow me to go bury my father.

Jesus called his disciples and said: I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.

I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to make him well.

Jesus turned and saw them following. He asked them, What are you after? They asked him: Teacher, where are you staying?

When his disciples James and John saw this they said: Lord, do you want us to request fire from heaven to consume them?

He said to the disciples: The time will come when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you shall not see it.

He summoned the twelve and sent them forth in pairs. They were given authority over the unclean spirits.

When it was time he sat down with the apostles.

Simon Peter said to them: I am going fishing. They told him: We would also come with you. They boarded the boat and caught nothing that night.

The Lord Jehovah will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage tired people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student.

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

John spoke up: Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in your name. We tried to stop him because he does not follow us.

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

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

He was in back of the boat sleeping on a cushion. They woke him. They said: Master is it nothing to you that we are in danger of destruction?

Seeing this Peter said to Jesus: Lord, what shall this man do?