like the master (Luke 6:39–40). Thomas became a believer6 through his physical association with Jesus (John 20:24–28). When the disciples were apart from Christ, their activities did not go well (Matt. 14:22–24; 17:14–18; 26:36–46, 69–75).7 Mark recorded relatively little of Jesus’ teaching on discipleship, and yet a major theme of his Gospel is discipleship,8 for he stressed, more than the other three Gospel writers, that the Twelve became disciples by following Christ’s example.9 In Jesus’ journey