“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”

At once they left their nets and followed him.

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

Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.

Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy

When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

The Cost of Following Jesus

When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake.

Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms the Storm

Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him.

The Calling of Matthew

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

Jesus Heals the Blind and the Mute

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.

Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

God’s Chosen Servant

Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill.

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Two Blind Men Receive Sight

As Jesus and his disciples were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed him.

Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

But Peter followed him at a distance, right up to the courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.

Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs.

“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”

At once they left their nets and followed him.

Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.

While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

Crowds Follow Jesus

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.

So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him.

He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James.

The Way of the Cross

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.

Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”

Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time

They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him.

“Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted, “Hosanna!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”

“But in those days, following that distress, “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him.

A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they seized him,

Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.

In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.

So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him,

and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.”

but the crowds learned about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed healing.

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.

The Cost of Following Jesus

As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.”

He said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”

Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.

When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”

Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.

He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.

He replied, “As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters,

Jesus Prays on the Mount of Olives

Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.

When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?”

Peter Disowns Jesus

Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.

A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.

But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

John’s Disciples Follow Jesus

The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.

When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?” They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus.

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”

and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.

From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.

Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.”

Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

Peter’s First Denial

Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard,

The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.

Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, “Follow me!”

Peter turned and saw that the disciple whom Jesus loved was following them. (This was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper and had said, “Lord, who is going to betray you?”)

Jesus answered, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? You must follow me.”

Some time ago Theudas appeared, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men rallied to him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.

After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days of the census and led a band of people in revolt. He too was killed, and all his followers were scattered.

They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery.

Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw.

But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.

Peter’s Vision

About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him.

Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.

When the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.

It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements:

She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.”

Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.

The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.

The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”

I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,

The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome.”

He wrote a letter as follows:

However, I admit that I worship the God of our ancestors as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,

But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship.

From there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium. The next day the south wind came up, and on the following day we reached Puteoli.

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.

And he is then also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised but who also follow in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Nor can the gift of God be compared with the result of one man’s sin: The judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed many trespasses and brought justification.

What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.”

For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?

Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.

Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.

Correcting an Abuse of the Lord’s Supper

In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.

Intelligibility in Worship

Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.

When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?

Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to the Israel of God.

in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.

All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath.

Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children

Following Paul’s Example

All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.

Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do.

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you,

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.

Some have in fact already turned away to follow Satan.

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.

trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow.

To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.

This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;

They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness.

Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.

These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”

These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was filled with wonder and followed the beast.

These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb.

A second angel followed and said, “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’ which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives its mark on their forehead or on their hand,

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”

They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will triumph over them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings—and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers.”

The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.