Mark 3:7-19

Christian Standard Bible

Ministering to the Multitude

⁷ Jesus^(A) departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee,^(B) and a large crowd followed from Judea,^{(C) 8} Jerusalem,^(D) Idumea, beyond the Jordan,^(E) and around Tyre^(F) and Sidon.^(G) The large crowd came to him because they heard about everything he was doing. ⁹ Then he told his disciples to have a small boat^(H) ready for him, so that the crowd wouldn’t crush him. ¹⁰ Since he had healed^(I) many, all who had diseases were pressing toward him to touch^(J) him. ¹¹ Whenever the unclean^(K) spirits^(L) saw him, they fell down^(M) before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!” ^{(N) 12} And he would strongly warn^(O) them not to make him known.^(P)

The Twelve Apostles

¹³ Jesus^(Q) went up the mountain^(R) and summoned those he wanted, and they came to him. ¹⁴ He appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles,^[a](S) to be with him, to send them out to preach,^{(T) 15} and to have authority to^[b] drive out demons. ¹⁶ He appointed the Twelve:^[c](U) To Simon,^(V) he gave the name Peter;^{(W) 17} and to James^(X) the son of Zebedee,^(Y) and to his brother John,^(Z) he gave the name “Boanerges” (that is, “Sons of Thunder”^(AA)); ¹⁸ Andrew;^(AB) Philip^(AC) and Bartholomew; Matthew^(AD) and Thomas;^(AE) James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot,^(AF) who also betrayed him.