Ministering to the Multitude

Jesus(A) departed with His disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee,(B) Judea,(C) 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. Then He told His disciples to have a small boat(H) ready for Him, so the crowd would not 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, those possessed 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 12 Apostles

13 Then(Q) He went up the mountain(R) and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him. 14 He also appointed 12—He also named them 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,[d]
19 and Judas Iscariot,[e](AF)
who also betrayed Him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 3:14 Other mss omit He also named them apostles
  2. Mark 3:15 Other mss add heal diseases, and to
  3. Mark 3:16 Other mss omit He appointed the Twelve
  4. Mark 3:18 Lit the Cananaean
  5. Mark 3:19 Iscariot is probably “a man of Kerioth,” a town in Judea.

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