How many times does Jesus say Follow Me in the Bible?

Answer 1

Jesus talks about people following him 23 times:

Matthew 4:19, 8:22, 9:9, 10:38, 16:24, 19:21, 19:28

Mark 1:17, 2:14, 8:34, 10:21

Luke 5:27, 9:23, 9:59, 14:27, 18:22

John 1:43, 8:12, 10:27, 12:26, 13:36, 21:19, 21:22

Answer 2

Jesus says or rather instructs us " Follow me " 13 times in Bible . Do you know why ? As a matter of fact when God says something even once then that saying has a eternal significance but HE HIMSELF is repeating something 13 times ...it means HE wants to bring something to our close attention ...Following Jesus is not limited to passively believing in HIM but observing through scriptures how HE responded to different situations of HIS life especially the critical ones and then intently and attentively HE wants us to emulate HIS example and works ....only then we would be able to inculcate within us HIS priceless Christlike attributes . Developing Christlike attributes is a lifetime persuit ....it takes lots of patience and perseverance in our part alongwith lots of Faith in HIM and HIS never failing " grace " . Developing and exercising Christlike attributes bring about real conversion of heart . Conversion is not merely limited to thoughtless religion change . Conversion is all about " Change of heart " . Attributes of Christ comes to us in the exercise of those . We simply can not merely wish and believe that we will attain them someday without doing anything on our part . We need to be willing to exercise self discipline to mindfully pray for those attributes....immerse ourselves into studying the scriptures ...meditating on them and apply those intently and attentively when we come across different people and situations in our daily lives . Often difficult people and situations act as a tool to make is earn these Christ like attributes without even their knowing . How we respond to a seemingly difficult or critical situation in Lord's way is something that decide how far we have been successful in living a mindful Christian life ....and trust me our intentions and constant efforts are something that God wants from us ....rest we will be taken care by HIS never failing grace .May we all understand real meaning of HIS teachings be able to apply to what HE is asks of us !

Answer 3

20

Answer 4

23