Discipleship
What Jesus said following him actually costs, and what it means.
Matt 16:24-26
Read in full chapter →24Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
See also: Matthew 10:38, Luke 14:27
25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
See also: Matthew 19:29, Matthew 10:39
Mark 8:34-35
Read in full chapter →34And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
See also: Luke 9:23, Matthew 16:24
35For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it.
See also: Matthew 10:39, Matthew 16:25
Luke 9:23
Read in full chapter →23And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
See also: Matthew 10:38-39, Luke 14:26-27
Luke 14:26-33
Read in full chapter →26If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
See also: Matthew 10:37, Luke 9:23
27And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
See also: Matthew 16:24, Matthew 10:38
28For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
See also: Proverbs 24:27, Matthew 10:22
29Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,
See also: Ephesians 6:11, Matthew 27:40
30Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
See also: Hebrews 6:11, Nehemiah 6:3
31Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
See also: Matthew 5:25, Proverbs 20:18
32Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
See also: Acts 12:20, 1 Kings 20:31-34
33So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
See also: Philippians 3:7, Matthew 13:44
Matt 4:19
Read in full chapter →19And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
See also: Mark 1:17-18, John 12:26
John 8:31
Read in full chapter →31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
See also: John 15:4, 2 John 1:9
Matt 28:19-20
Read in full chapter →19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
See also: Mark 16:15-16, Acts 1:8
20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
See also: Isaiah 41:10, Joshua 1:5