And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all.

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.

Peter began to speak to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you!”

Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!

These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;

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

And Peter said, “Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!”

Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter was following at a distance.

A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.

A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.

They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger’s voice.”

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

The armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, were following him on white horses.

When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel!

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

Then Peter said to him, “Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?”

But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest’s courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome.

Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance.