Luke 5:27

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

When they had come in, they went up into the upper room where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.

“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.

He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.

Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”

Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all, according as anyone had need.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

It will happen, that fishermen will stand by it. From En Gedi even to En Eglaim will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be after their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceedingly many.

but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive.”

but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

But they insisted, saying, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place.”

Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.

He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called “The Place of a Skull”, which is called in Hebrew, “Golgotha”,

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ.

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:

These are those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

He said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men.”

Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.”

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

He said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”

But give for gifts to the needy those things which are within, and behold, all things will be clean to you.

He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’

The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

The third day, there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there.

Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”

These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.”

Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

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

Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot;

When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. Then you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.”

On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”

If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.