Joshua 24:15-22 has Joshua calling Israel to choose whom they serve, paralleling Jesus asking the twelve if they will also leave.

In Luke 14:25-33, Jesus similarly calls for total commitment, counting the cost — echoing the same demand that leads the Twelve to choose to stay.

Matthew 24:10 predicts many will fall away — directly echoing the situation here where many disciples left, testing the Twelve's loyalty.

Luke 22:28 commends the Twelve for staying with Jesus through trials — a later affirmation of the same loyalty being tested here.

Deuteronomy 4:4 commends those who held fast to God and lived — a precedent for the Twelve's decision to hold fast to Jesus.

2 Samuel 15:19 has David questioning Ittai's loyalty, similar to Jesus asking the twelve if they will also go away.