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.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:14 Other mss omit he also named them apostles
  2. 3:15 Other mss add heal diseases, and to
  3. 3:16 Other mss omit He appointed the Twelve

Jesus Chooses the Twelve Apostles

13 Afterward Jesus went up on a mountain and called out the ones he wanted to go with him. And they came to him. 14 Then he appointed twelve of them and called them his apostles.[a] They were to accompany him, and he would send them out to preach, 15 giving them authority to cast out demons. 16 These are the twelve he chose:

Simon (whom he named Peter),
17 James and John (the sons of Zebedee, but Jesus nicknamed them “Sons of Thunder”[b]),
18 Andrew,
Philip,
Bartholomew,
Matthew,
Thomas,
James (son of Alphaeus),
Thaddaeus,
Simon (the zealot[c]),
19 Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).

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Footnotes

  1. 3:14 Some manuscripts do not include and called them his apostles.
  2. 3:17 Greek whom he named Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder.
  3. 3:18 Greek the Cananean, an Aramaic term for Jewish nationalists.