Mark 3:13-21

The Twelve Apostles

13 ¹And he went up on the mountain and called to him those ²whom he desired, and they came to him.

14 ³And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach

15 ⁴and have authority to cast out demons.

16 He appointed the twelve: ⁵Simon (to whom ⁶he gave the name Peter);

17 ⁷James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);

18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and ⁸Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, ^[a]

19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

20 Then he went ⁹home, and the crowd gathered again, ¹⁰so that they could not even eat.

21 ¹¹And when ¹²his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He ¹³is out of his mind. ”

Cross References

• 1. 3:13 Matt. 10:1; Luke 6:12, 13; [ch. 6:7-13; Luke 9:1, 2]
• 2. 3:13 John 13:18; 15:16, 19
• 3. 3:14 [See ver. 13 above]
• 4. 3:15 [See ver. 13 above]
• 5. 3:16 For ver. 16-19, see Matt. 10:2-4; Luke 6:14-16; Acts 1:13
• 6. 3:16 Matt. 16:18; John 1:42
• 7. 3:17 Matt. 4:21
• 8. 3:18 Matt. 9:9
• 9. 3:20 ch. 7:17; 9:28
• 10. 3:20 ch. 6:31
• 11. 3:21 [John 7:5]
• 12. 3:21 [ver. 31]
• 13. 3:21 2 Cor. 5:13; [John 10:20; Acts 26:24]

Footnotes

• [a] 3:18 Greek 'kananaios', meaning 'zealot'