After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.

The disciples replied, “Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?”

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said,

Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples – if you have love for one another.”

My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples.

His disciples said, “Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!

While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching.

After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. Now this is how he did so.

Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord’s disciples, went to the high priest

and after taking some food, his strength returned. For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus,

But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.

After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him.

As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples.

When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath.”

And pointing toward his disciples he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!