Luke 6:12-16

The Twelve Apostles

12 In these days ¹he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God.

13 And when day came, ²he called his disciples ³and ⁴chose from them twelve, whom he named ⁵apostles:

14 Simon, ⁶whom he named Peter, and ⁷Andrew his brother, and ⁸James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,

15 and ⁹Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called ¹⁰the Zealot,

16 and ¹¹Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Cross References

• 1. 6:12 See Matt. 14:23
• 2. 6:13 ch. 9:1; Matt. 10:1; Mark 3:13; 6:7
• 3. 6:13 For ver. 13-16, see Matt. 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Acts 1:13
• 4. 6:13 See John 13:18
• 5. 6:13 See Mark 6:30
• 6. 6:14 Matt. 16:18; John 1:42
• 7. 6:14 Matt. 4:18, 21
• 8. 6:14 Matt. 4:18, 21
• 9. 6:15 Matt. 9:9
• 10. 6:15 [Acts 21:20]
• 11. 6:16 John 14:22