The Twelve Apostles

¹³ Jesus^(A) went up the mountain^(B) and summoned those he wanted, and they came to him. ¹⁴ He appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles,^[a](C) to be with him, to send them out to preach,^{(D) 15} and to have authority to^[b] drive out demons. ¹⁶ He appointed the Twelve:^[c](E) To Simon,^(F) he gave the name Peter;^{(G) 17} and to James^(H) the son of Zebedee,^(I) and to his brother John,^(J) he gave the name “Boanerges” (that is, “Sons of Thunder”^(K)); ¹⁸ Andrew;^(L) Philip^(M) and Bartholomew; Matthew^(N) and Thomas;^(O) James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot,^(P) who also betrayed him.

¹³ They drove out many demons,^(A) anointed^(B) many sick^(C) people with oil^(D) and healed them.^(E)

John the Baptist Beheaded

¹⁴ King^(F) Herod^(G) heard about it, because Jesus’s name^(H) had become well known. Some^[a] said, “John the Baptist^(I) has been raised from the dead,^(J) and that’s why miraculous powers^(K) are at work^(L) in him.” ¹⁵ But others said, “He’s Elijah.”^(M) Still others said, “He’s a prophet, like one of the prophets from long ago.”^(N)

¹⁶ When Herod^(O) heard of it, he said, “John,^(P) the one I beheaded, has been raised!” ^(Q)