Luke 6:12-16

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Jesus Chooses His Apostles^(A)

¹² At that time Jesus went off to a mountain to pray, and he spent the night praying to God. ¹³ ·The next morning [^LWhen the day dawned], Jesus called his ·followers [disciples] to him and chose twelve of them, whom he ·named [designated] apostles: ¹⁴ Simon (Jesus named him Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, ¹⁵ Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon (called the Zealot), ¹⁶ Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who later ·turned Jesus over to his enemies [^Lbecame a traitor].