Mark 3:13-19

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Jesus Appoints Twelve Apostles^(A)

¹³ Then Jesus^[a] went up on a hillside and called to himself those whom he had decided on, and they approached him. ¹⁴ He appointed the Twelve,^[b] whom he called apostles, to accompany him, to be sent out to preach, ¹⁵ and to have the authority to drive out demons. ¹⁶ He appointed the Twelve:^[c] Simon (whom he named Peter), ¹⁷ Zebedee’s sons James and his brother John (whom he named Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder), ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddeus,^[d] Simon the Cananaean,^{[e] 19} and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.