'Following' in the Bible

And it happened that he {was dining} in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners {were dining with} Jesus and his disciples, for there were many and they were following him.

And he went with him, and a large crowd was following him and pressing around him.

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."

Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going on ahead of them. And they were astounded, but those who were following [him] were afraid. And taking aside the twelve again, he began to tell them the things that were about to happen to him:

And those who went ahead and those who were following were shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed [is] the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

And a certain young man was following him, clothed [only] in a linen cloth on [his] naked body. And they attempted to seize him,