'Follow' in the Bible

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

and they, immediately, having left the nets, did follow him.

and they, immediately, having left the boat and their father, did follow him.

And when he came down from the mount, great multitudes did follow him,

And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

And when he entered into the boat his disciples did follow him,

And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,

And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

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

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

Then Peter answering said to him, 'Lo, we did leave all, and follow thee, what then shall we have?'

And Jesus said to them, 'Verily I say to you, that ye who did follow me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man may sit upon a throne of his glory, shall sit -- ye also -- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel;

so do whatever they tell you and follow it, but stop doing what they do, because they don't do what they say.

And there were there many women beholding from afar, who did follow Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him,

“Follow Me,” Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for people!”

Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him.

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.

And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

And John did answer him, saying, 'Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.'

Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

Peter began to speak to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you!"

“Go your way,” Jesus told him. “Your faith has healed you.” Immediately he could see and began to follow Him on the road.

And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.

One youth indeed did follow Him, wearing only a linen cloth round his bare body. Of him they laid hold,

and Peter afar off did follow him, to the inside of the hall of the chief priest, and he was sitting with the officers, and warming himself near the fire.

When He was in Galilee, they would follow Him and help Him. Many other women had come up with Him to Jerusalem.

And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

and they, having brought the boats upon the land, having left all, did follow him.

And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

So, leaving everything behind, he got up and began to follow Him.

and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.

John responded, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him because he does not follow us.”

And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.

But he said, "On the contrary, blessed [are] those who hear the word of God and follow [it]!"

Whoever doesn't carry his cross and follow me can't be my disciple.

And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.

Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

And Peter said, 'Lo, we left all, and did follow thee;'

Instantly he could see, and he began to follow Him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

But the citizens of his country hated him and sent a delegation to follow him and to announce, "We don't want this man to rule over us!'

Then He said, “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Don’t follow them.

When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.”

And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.

When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?

and all his acquaintances stood afar off, and women who did follow him from Galilee, beholding these things.

The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples

They answered, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are [truly] Abraham’s children, then do the works of Abraham and follow his example.

And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.

Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me.

Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

After that man, at the time of the census, Judas the Galilean appeared and got people to follow him. He, too, died, and all his followers were scattered.

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

So Peter went out and began to follow him, not realizing that what was being done by the angel was real; he thought he was seeing a vision.

and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

She would follow Paul and us and shout, "These men are servants of the Most High God and are proclaiming to you a way of salvation!"

The rest were to follow, some on planks and some on debris from the ship. In this way, everyone safely reached the shore.

but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness.

For it is not merely those who hear the Law who are righteous in God's sight. No, it is those who follow the Law, who will be justified.

And he became the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith our father Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.

What then shall we say? That they of the nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but the righteousness that is on the principle of faith.

Now if Israel’s transgression means riches for the world [at large] and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment and reinstatement be!

And do not follow the customs of the present age, but be transformed by the entire renewal of your minds, so that you may learn by experience what God's will is--that will which is good and beautiful and perfect.

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

Now may God, the source of endurance and encouragement, allow you to live in harmony with each other as you follow the Messiah Jesus,

Now I mean this, that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," "I follow Apollos," "I follow Cephas," and, "I follow Christ."

For when one person says, "I follow Paul," and another person says, "I follow Apollos," you're following your own human nature, aren't you?

Imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

Now concerning the collection for the saints, you should follow the directions I gave to the churches in Galatia.

As soon as I saw that they were not walking uprightly in the spirit of the Good News, I said to Peter, before them all, "If you, though you are a Jew, live as a Gentile does, and not as a Jew, how can you make the Gentiles follow Jewish customs?

Since we live by the Spirit, we must also follow the Spirit.

May peace come to all those who follow this standard, and mercy to the Israel of God!

Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father];

Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.

Brothers and sisters, together follow my example and observe those who live by the pattern we gave you.

(these things all perish with use)—in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men.

Finally, believers, we ask and admonish you in the Lord Jesus, that you follow the instruction that you received from us about how you ought to walk and please God (just as you are actually doing) and that you excel even more and more [pursuing a life of purpose and living in a way that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation].

See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

These things placing before the brethren, thou shalt be a good ministrant of Jesus Christ, being nourished by the words of the faith, and of the good teaching, which thou didst follow after,

For some have already turned away to follow Satan.

Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Keep and follow the pattern of sound teaching (doctrine) which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.