52 Bible Verses about Discipleship

Go ye and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

And there arose a reasoning among them, which of them was the greatest?

And a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught a considerable multitude: and the disciples were called Christians first at Antioch.

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.

Hereby is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit: so shall ye be my disciples.

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

How opened he thine eyes? He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hearken: why would ye hear it again?

And Peter taking hold of him, rebuked him. But he turning about, and looking on his disciples rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou savourest not the things of God, but the things of men.

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

After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two by two into every place, whither he himself intended to come.

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

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

And when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence, to teach and to preach in their cities.

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

(Tho' Jesus himself batized not;

And the disciples came and said to him, Why speakest thou to them in parables?

and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.

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

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

And on a certain day he went into a vessel with his disciples: and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they put to sea.

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. And the Lord said,

Saying, Say his disciples came by night, and stole him while we slept.

But their eyes were holden, so that they did not know him.

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

Follow thou me. Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him, That he should not die: but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is it to thee?

Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his disciples, saying, The scribes and Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses:

And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?

And coming to Jerusalem, he endeavoured to join himself to the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath thro' the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and plucked the ears of corn and ate.

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

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal every disease and every malady.

Are ye also willing to be his disciples? Then they reviled him and said, Thou art a disciple of that fellow; but we are disciples of Moses.

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

Then Jesus calling his disciples to him 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 they faint in the way.

And I brought him to thy disciples, but they could not cure him.

saith to them, What seek ye? They said to him, Rabbi, (that is, being interpreted, Master) where dwellest thou?

And his disciples James and John seeing it said, Lord, Wilt thou that we bid fire come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did?

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

And he calleth to him the twelve, and sent them forth by two and two, and gave them power over unclean spirits;

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

Simon Peter saith to them, I go a fishing. They say to him, We also go with thee. They went out and entered into the vessel, but caught nothing that night.

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

And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, who followeth not us, and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but suffer me first to bid them farewell that are in my house.

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

But he was asleep on the pillow, in the stern of the boat. And they awake him and say to him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus, Lord, what shall this man do?