'Follow' in the Bible

He said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

Then an expert in the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."

But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Then Peter said to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?"

Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people."

As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him.

He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

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

He sent two of his disciples and told them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him.

Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.

As they were walking along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

Jesus said to another, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."

Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family."

Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

And Peter said, "Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!"

He said, "Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them!

He said to them, "Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters,

On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to 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

When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger's voice."

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later."

Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!"

(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter, "Follow me."

Jesus replied, "If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours? You follow me!"

After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, and incited people to follow him in revolt. He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered.

The angel said to him, "Fasten your belt and put on your sandals." Peter did so. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your cloak and follow me."

and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land.

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

With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia:

For some have already wandered away to follow Satan.

Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance,

For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps.

For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.

And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.

But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

In the same way, there are also some among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: 'Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them."