52 Bible Verses about Discipleship

go and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;

And there arose a debate among them, which of them should be the greatest.

and found and brought him to Antioch. And he was with them, and they met a whole year with the church and taught a great multitude; and the disciples first took the name of Christians at Antioch.

And they went abroad and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the accompanying miracles.

By this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and be my disciples.

Mary the Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he said these things to her.

He answered them, I have told you already, and you did not hear; why do you wish to hear again? Do you also wish to be his disciples?

But turning round, and looking on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, Get behind me, Satan! for you regard not the things of God, but the things of men.

By this shall all know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

And after these things the Lord designated seventy others also, and sent them out, two by two, before his face, into every city and place where he was about to come.

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

And 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 when Jesus had finished his charge to his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.

If any one comes to me, and hates not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and still more his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

though Jesus himself indeed baptized not, but his disciples,

And his disciples came and said to him, Why do you 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 which Jesus spoke.

Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on him, If you continue in my word, you are my disciples indeed;

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

AND on one of those days both he and his disciples went into the ship; and he said to them, Let us cross over to the other side of the lake. And they set sail;

From this time many of his disciples went away from following him, and walked no more with him.

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

saying, Say that his disciples came by night and stole him while we slept;

but their eyes were restrained that they did not know him.

AND John hearing in the prison of the works of Christ, sending by his disciples,

The report then went out among the brothers that this disciple would not die; but Jesus said not to him, He shall not die; but, If I wish him to continue till I come, what is that to you?

THEN Jesus spoke to the multitudes and his disciples,

And he said, Are you so entirely without understanding?

And going to Jerusalem he endeavored to join the disciples; and they all feared him, not believing that he was a disciple.

AT that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pick the heads and eat.

And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

AND calling his twelve disciples, he gave them power over impure spirits to cast them out, and to cure every disease and every infirmity.

They reproached him, and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

Another of the disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go away and bury my father.

And Jesus calling his disciples, said, I pity the multitude, for it is now three days that they have continued with me, and they have nothing to eat; I will not dismiss them fasting lest they faint by the way.

And I brought him to your disciples and they could not cure him.

And Jesus turning around, and seeing them following, said to them, What do you seek? And they said to him, Rabbi, which interpreted signifies Teacher, where do you stay?

And his disciples James and John seeing it, said, Lord, do you wish us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?

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

And he called the twelve, and sent them out two and two, and gave them power over impure spirits;

And when the hour had come, he sat down, and the apostles with him;

Simon Peter said to them, I am going a fishing. They said to him, We will also go with you. They went out and entered into the ship; and on that night caught nothing,

And he said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishermen of men.

And John spoke to him, saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in your name, who follows not us, and we forbade him.

And another also said, Lord, I will follow you, but permit me first to bid farewell to those in my house.

Simon Peter, and Thomas called the Twin, and Nathaniel who was from Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.

And he was in the stern, on the pillow, asleep. And they awoke him and said to him, Teacher, do you not care that we perish?

Peter seeing him said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man [do]?