Quotes About Discipleship

I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.

Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.

So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For his God instructs and teaches him properly.

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.

And you, son of man, listen to what I tell you. Do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I give you.”

The king assigned them daily provisions of the royal food and wine. They were to be trained for three years, after which they were to enter the kingís service.

As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

And at once they left their nets and followed Him.

Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,

and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

and He began to teach them, saying:

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Not everyone who says to Me, ëLord, Lord,í will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

And one of the scribes came to Him and said, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

But Jesus told 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 told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.

And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”

Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts.

A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.