The First Disciples

The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples.

When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.

and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.

This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

After the wedding he went to Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples.

Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”

After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.

John the Baptist Exalts Jesus

Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there, baptizing people.

A debate broke out between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing.

So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Rabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to him instead of coming to us.”

Jesus and the Samaritan Woman

Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John

(though Jesus himself didn’t baptize them—his disciples did).

He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.

Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, “What do you want with her?” or “Why are you talking to her?”

Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, “Rabbi, eat something.”

“Did someone bring him food while we were gone?” the disciples asked each other.

Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him.

After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.”

Jesus Walks on Water

That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him.

Jesus, the Bread of Life

The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them.

So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”

Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you?

At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him.

Jesus and Abraham

Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings.