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Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness.
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Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (also called Peter), then Andrew (Peter’s brother), James (son of Zebedee), John (James’s brother),
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Philip, Bartholomew, Thomas, Matthew (the tax collector), James (son of Alphaeus), Thaddaeus,
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Simon (the zealot ), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).
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Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: “Don’t go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans,
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but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep.
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Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.