Following Jesus

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me.

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

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments. — read the full passage →

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves according to your former lusts as in your ignorance, — read the full passage →

You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. — read the full passage →

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me.”

You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.” — read the full passage →

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. — read the full passage →

If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. — read the full passage →

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

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. — read the full passage →

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

“In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, — read the full passage →

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross,and follow me. — read the full passage →

Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”

Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into the court of the high priest;

By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

A certain young man followed him, having a linen cloth thrown around himself, over his naked body. The young men grabbed him,

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!” — read the full passage →

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.”

For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. — read the full passage →

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. — read the full passage →

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

Peter began to tell him, “Behold, we have left all, and have followed you.” — read the full passage →

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; — read the full passage →

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus, — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. — read the full passage →

Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.

Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus on the way.

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them, — read the full passage →

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.

So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? — read the full passage →

You shall walk after Yahweh your God, fear him, keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cling to him.

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in rebellion, and not after the tradition which they received from us.

You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. — read the full passage →

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” — read the full passage →

To you, Yahweh, do I lift up my soul. — read the full passage →

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

Now when Jesus saw great multitudes around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side. — read the full passage →

Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. — read the full passage →

I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I amhe, you will die in your sins.”

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

For this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; — read the full passage →

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, — read the full passage →

Afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said to Pharaoh, “This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.’” — read the full passage →

But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. — read the full passage →

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. — read the full passage →

If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this. — read the full passage →

Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.