Jesus Calls Matthew

^9 (A)As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called ^(B)Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him.

^2 (A)The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, ^(B)who is called Peter, and ^(C)Andrew his brother; ^(D)James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³ Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and ^(E)Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;^{[a] 4} Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

¹⁶ He appointed the twelve: ^(A)Simon (to whom ^(B)he gave the name Peter); ^17 (C)James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); ¹⁸ Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and ^(D)Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

¹³ And when day came, ^(A)he called his disciples ^(B)and ^(C)chose from them twelve, whom he named ^(D)apostles: ¹⁴ Simon, ^(E)whom he named Peter, and ^(F)Andrew his brother, and ^(G)James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, ¹⁵ and ^(H)Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called ^(I)the Zealot, ¹⁶ and ^(J)Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

¹³ And when they had entered, they went up to ^(A)the upper room, where they were staying, ^(B)Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon ^(C)the Zealot and Judas the son of James.