Bible Verses About Discipleship

"After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized."

"An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing."

"This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples."

"Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,"

"It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,"

"Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming."

"He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.”"

"“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?"

"On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”"

"To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples."

"Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him."

"He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me."

"But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."

"but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me. “Come now; let us leave."

"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you."

"Remember the words I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also."

"Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching."

"But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?”"

"One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”"

"Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!”"

"and say to the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’"

"When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the “sinners” and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and ‘sinners’?”"

"Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”"

"So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with ‘unclean’ hands?”"

"Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me."