Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, (A)who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and [a]Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; (B)Simon the [b]Cananite, and Judas (C)Iscariot, who also betrayed Him.

Sending Out the Twelve(D)

These twelve Jesus sent out and commanded them, saying: (E)“Do not go into the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter a city of (F)the Samaritans. (G)But go rather to the (H)lost sheep of the house of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:3 NU omits Lebbaeus, whose surname was
  2. Matthew 10:4 NU Cananaean

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.(A)

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.(B) Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel.(C)

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