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But Jesus strongly warned them not to tell who he was.
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Then Jesus went up on a mountain and called to him the men he wanted, and they came to him.
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Jesus chose twelve men and called them apostles. He wanted them to be with him, and he wanted to send them out to preach
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and to have the authority to force demons out of people.
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These are the twelve men he chose: Simon (Jesus named him Peter),
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James and John, the sons of Zebedee (Jesus named them Boanerges, which means "Sons of Thunder"),
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Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
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and Judas Iscariot, who later turned against Jesus.
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Then Jesus went home, but again a crowd gathered. There were so many people that Jesus and his followers could not eat.
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When his family heard this, they went to get him because they thought he was out of his mind.
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But the teachers of the law from Jerusalem were saying, "Beelzebul is living inside him! He uses power from the ruler of demons to force demons out of people."