The best Bible verses for discipleship (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for discipleship (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,"John 8:31
"So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,"John 8:31
"And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”"Luke 5:30
"Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.”"Luke 11:1
"and tell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’"Luke 22:11
"And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”"Mark 2:16
"But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”"Mark 4:38
"And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?”"Mark 7:5
"And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them."Mark 9:14
"for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.”"Mark 9:31
"And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!”"Mark 13:1
"and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’"Mark 14:14
"And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”"Matthew 9:11
"When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities."Matthew 11:1
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for discipleship (ESV) are John 8:31, John 18:19, Luke 5:30. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to discipleship (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for discipleship (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.