Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

¹³ Then Jesus went up on the hill. He wanted some of the people to come with him. So he called them and they came.

¹⁴ He chose twelve disciples to stay with him. He wanted to send them out to other places to tell people God's word.

¹⁵ He gave them power to heal people and to drive bad spirits out of people.

¹⁶ One of the twelve was Simon, whom Jesus called Peter.

¹⁷ He also chose James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, whom he named Boanerges, which means "Men of Thunder."

¹⁹ He also chose Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon of Canan, and Judas Iscariot, the one who gave Jesus over to people who hated him. Then Jesus and his disciples went home.