'Disciples' in the Bible

The disciples were amazed at His words. Jesus, however, said again, "Children, how hard a struggle is it for those who trust in riches to enter the Kingdom of God!

They came to Jericho; and as He was leaving that town--Himself and His disciples and a great crowd--Bartimaeus (the son of Timaeus)

When they were getting near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples on in front, with these instructions.

and He said to the tree, "Let no one ever again eat fruit from thee!" And His disciples heard this.

When evening came on, Jesus and His disciples used to leave the city.

So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;

As He was leaving the Temple, one of His disciples exclaimed, "Look, Rabbi, what wonderful stones! what wonderful buildings!"

On the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread--the day for killing the Passover lamb--His disciples asked Him, "Where shall we go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

So He sent two of His disciples with instructions, saying, "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him,

and whatever house he enters, tell the master of the house, 'The Rabbi asks, Where is my room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?'

So the disciples went out and came to the city, and found everything just as He had told them; and they got the Passover ready.

"Even if I must die with you," declared Peter again and again, "I will never disown you." In like manner protested also all the disciples.

So they came to a place called Gethsemane. There He said to His disciples, "Sit down here till I have prayed."

But go and tell His disciples and Peter that He is going before you into Galilee: and that there you will see Him, as He told you."

This led the Pharisees and Scribes of their party to expostulate with His disciples and ask, "Why are you eating and drinking with these tax-gatherers and notorious sinners?"

Again they said to Him, "John's disciples fast often and pray, as do also those of the pharisees; but yours eat and drink."

Now on the second-first Sabbath while He was passing through the wheatfields, His disciples were plucking the ears and rubbing them with their hands to eat the grain.

When it was day, He called His disciples; and He selected from among them twelve, whom He also named Apostles.

With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

Then fixing His eyes upon His disciples, Jesus said to them, "Blessed are you poor, because the Kingdom of God is yours.

Shortly afterwards He went to a town called Nain, attended by His disciples and a great crowd of people.

John's disciples brought him an account of all these things;

so John called two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord. "Are you the Coming One?" he asked, "or is there another that we are to expect?"

The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant.

One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail.

But He said to His disciples, "Make them sit down in parties of about fifty each."

Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.

One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present; and He asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"

I entreated your disciples to expel the spirit, but they could not."

And all were awe-struck at the mighty power of God. And while every one was expressing wonder at all that He was doing, He said to his disciples,

When the disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Master, do you wish us to order fire to come down from Heaven and consume them?"

And He turned towards His disciples and said to them apart, "Blessed are the eyes which see what you see!

At one place where He was praying, when He rose from His knees one of His disciples said to Him, "Master, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

And if it is by the power of Baal-zebul that I expel the demons, by whom do your disciples expel them? They therefore shall be your judges.

Meanwhile the people had come streaming towards Him by tens of thousands, so that they were trampling one another under foot. And now He proceeded to say to His disciples first, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is to say, beware of hypocrisy.

Then turning to His disciples He said, "For this reason I say to you, 'Dismiss all anxious care for your lives, inquiring what you are to eat, and for your bodies, what you are to put on.'

He said also to His disciples: "There was a rich man who had a steward, about whom a report was brought to him, that he was wasting his property.

Jesus said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that causes of stumbling should come; but alas for him through whom they come!

Then, turning to His disciples, He said, "There will come a time when you will wish you could see a single one of the days of the Son of Man, but will not see one.

On one occasion people also brought with them their infants, for Him to touch them; but the disciples, noticing this, proceeded to find fault with them.

And when he was come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount called the Oliveyard, He sent two of the disciples on in front,

And when He was now getting near Jerusalem, and descending the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began in their joy to praise God in loud voices for all the mighty deeds they had witnessed.

Thereupon some of the Pharisees in the crowd appealed to Him, saying, "Rabbi, reprove your disciples."

Then, in the hearing of all the people, He said to the disciples,

and say to the master of the house, "'The Rabbi asks you, Where is the room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples?'

On going out, He proceeded as usual to the Mount of Olives, and His disciples followed Him.

When He rose from his prayer and came to His disciples, He found them sleeping for sorrow.

On that same day two of the disciples were walking to Emmaus, a village seven or eight miles from Jerusalem,

Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,

The two disciples heard his exclamation, and they followed Jesus.

and Jesus also was invited and His disciples.

This, the first of His miracles, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee, and thus displayed His glorious power; and His disciples believed in Him.

Afterwards He went down to Capernaum--He, and His mother, and His brothers, and His disciples; and they made a short stay there.

This recalled to His disciples the words of Scripture, "My zeal for Thy House will consume me."

When however He had risen from among the dead, His disciples recollected that He had said this; and they believed the Scripture and the teaching which Jesus had given them.

After this Jesus and His disciples went into Judaea; and there He made a stay in company with them and baptized.

As the result, a discussion having arisen on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification,

Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John"--

though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--

for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.

Just then His disciples came, and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. Yet not one of them asked Him, "What is your wish?" or "Why are you talking with her?"

Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."

So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"

Then Jesus went up the hill, and sat there with His disciples.

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

When all were fully satisfied, He said to His disciples, "Gather up the broken portions that remain over, so that nothing be lost."

When evening came on, His disciples went down to the Lake.

Next morning the crowd who were still standing about on the other side of the Lake found that there had been but one small boat there, and they had seen that Jesus did not go on board with His disciples, but that His disciples went away without Him.

When however the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they themselves also took boats and came to Capernaum to look for Jesus.

Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard it, said, "This is hard to accept. Who can listen to such teaching?"

But, knowing in Himself that His disciples were dissatisfied about it, Jesus asked them,

Thereupon many of His disciples left Him and went away, and no longer associated with Him.

So His brothers said to Him, "Leave these parts and go into Judaea, that not only we but your disciples also may witness the miracles which you perform.

Jesus therefore said to those of the Jews who had now believed in Him, "As for you, if you hold fast to my teaching, then you are truly my disciples;

So His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned--this man or his parents--that he was born blind?"

"I have told you already," he replied, "and you did not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also mean to be disciples of his?"

Then they railed at him, and said, "You are that man's disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

Then, after that, He said to the disciples, "Let us return to Judaea."

"Rabbi," exclaimed the disciples, "the Jews have just been trying to stone you, and do you think of going back there again?"

"Master," said the disciples, "if he is asleep he will recover."

Therefore Jesus no longer went about openly among the Jews, but He left that neighbourhood and went into the district near the Desert, to a town called Ephraim, and remained there with the disciples.

The meaning of this His disciples did not understand at the time; but after Jesus was glorified they recollected that this was written about Him, and that they had done this to Him.

Then He poured water into a basin, and proceeded to wash the feet of the disciples and to wipe them with the towel which He had put round Him.

"Any one who has lately bathed," said Jesus, "does not need to wash more than his feet, but is clean all over. And you my disciples are clean, and yet this is not true of all of you."

The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know to which of them He was referring.

There was at table one of His disciples--the one Jesus loved-- reclining with his head on Jesus's bosom.

It is by this that every one will know that you are my disciples--if you love one another."

By this is God glorified--by your bearing abundant fruit and thus being true disciples of mine.

Some of His disciples therefore said to one another, "What does this mean which He is telling us, 'A little while and you do not see me, and again a little while and you shall see me,' and 'Because I am going to the Father'?"

"Ah, now you are using plain language," said His disciples, "and are uttering no figure of speech!

After offering this prayer Jesus went out with His disciples to a place on the further side of the Ravine of the Cedars, where there was a garden which He entered--Himself and His disciples.

Now Judas also, who at that very time was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often resorted there with His disciples.

"I have told you," replied Jesus, "that I am he. If therefore you are looking for me, let these my disciples go their way."

This led the girl, the portress, to ask Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?" "No, I am not," he replied.

So the High Priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and His teaching.

But Simon Peter remained standing and warming himself, and this led to their asking him, "Are you also one of his disciples?" He denied it, and said, "No, I am not."

Mary of Magdala came and brought word to the disciples. "I have seen the Master," she said. And she told them that He had said these things to her.

On that same first day of the week, when it was evening and, for fear of the Jews, the doors of the house where the disciples were, were locked, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you!"

Having said this He showed them His hands and also His side; and the disciples were filled with joy at seeing the Master.

So the rest of the disciples told him, "We have seen the Master!" His reply was, "Unless I see in his hands the wound made by the nails and put my finger into the wound, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it."