The 12 Apostles

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

Read full chapter

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.

Jesus appoints twelve apostles

13 Jesus went up on a mountain and called those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He appointed twelve and called them apostles. He appointed them to be with him, to be sent out to preach, 15 and to have authority to throw out demons. 16 He appointed twelve: Peter, a name he gave Simon; 17 James and John, Zebedee’s sons, whom he nicknamed Boanerges, which means “sons of Thunder”; 18 and Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, Alphaeus’ son; Thaddaeus; Simon the Cananaean;[a] 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Mark 3:18 Or zealot