Mark 3:13-19

The 12 Apostles

13 Then He went up the mountain and summoned those He wanted, and they came to Him.

14 He also appointed 12-He also named them apostles^[a]-to be with Him, to send them out to preach,

15 and to have authority to^[b] drive out demons.

16 He appointed the Twelve:^[c] To Simon, He gave the name Peter;

17 and to James the son of Zebedee, and to his brother John, He gave the name "Boanerges" (that is, "Sons of Thunder");

18 Andrew; Philip and Bartholomew; Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot,^[d]

19 and Judas Iscariot,^[e] who also betrayed Him.

Footnotes

• [a] Other mss omit He also named them apostles
• [b] Other mss add heal diseases, and to
• [c] Other mss omit He appointed the Twelve
• [d] Lit the Cananaean
• [e] Iscariot probably "a man of Kerioth," a town in Judea.