Mark 3:13-19

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Jesus Appoints the Twelve^(A)

¹³Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.^(B) ¹⁴He appointed twelve^[a]^(C) that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach ¹⁵and to have authority to drive out demons.^(D) ¹⁶These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),^(E) ¹⁷James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), ¹⁸Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot ¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

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Footnotes

Mark 3:14 Some manuscripts twelve—designating them apostles—

John 17:20-24

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Jesus Prays for All Believers

²⁰“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, ²¹that all of them may be one,^(A) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.^(B) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.^(C) ²²I have given them the glory that you gave me,^(D) that they may be one as we are one^(E)— ²³I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me^(F) and have loved them^(G) even as you have loved me.

²⁴“Father, I want those you have given me^(H) to be with me where I am,^(I) and to see my glory,^(J) the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.^(K)

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