Bible Verses About The Cost of Discipleship
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for the cost of discipleship, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,138 votes, led by Luke 14:25-33. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about The Cost of Discipleship
Luke 14:25-3391 votes
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
Luke 9:2388 votes
And 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.
Luke 14:2660 votes
If 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.
Luke 9:23-2650 votes
And 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.
Luke 14:3346 votes
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Matthew 10:3745 votes
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Romans 12:1-241 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Philippians 3:7-832 votes
But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
John 16:3331 votes
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Philippians 1:2130 votes
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Luke 14:2729 votes
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
Matthew 16:2628 votes
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark 8:3426 votes
And 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.
Luke 10:1-4226 votes
After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
Galatians 6:1724 votes
From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
John 6:22-6922 votes
The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
Matthew 8:18-2221 votes
Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.
Luke 14:25-3519 votes
And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
Matthew 10:3817 votes
And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Matthew 16:2417 votes
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
John 3:1617 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
2 Timothy 2:217 votes
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Titus 1:1617 votes
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Luke 14:2816 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Luke 6:4015 votes
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
What does the Bible say about the cost of discipleship?
Readers most often cite Luke 14:25-33 on the subject of the cost of discipleship. Across 1,138 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 9:23, Luke 14:26, Luke 9:23-26. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.