Quotes About Disciples

While Jesus was dining at Leviís house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Him and His disciples—for there were many who followed Him.

When the scribes who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Now Johnís disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why donít Your disciples fast like Johnís disciples and those of the Pharisees?”

One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along.

So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.

These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),

James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,

Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.

Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

After they had dismissed the crowd, they took Jesus with them, since He was already in the boat. And there were other boats with Him.

His disciples answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, ëWho touched Me?í”

And He did not allow anyone to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

Jesus went on from there and came to His hometown, accompanied by His disciples.

Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

When Johnís disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.

So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties.

and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.