Mark 3:13-19 - The Selection Of The Twelve Apostles

¹³ Then He went up on the hillside and summoned to Him those whom He wanted, and they went to Him. ¹⁴ And He appointed the Twelve, to whom He gave the title, apostles, to be with Him, to send them forth to preach, ¹⁵ and to have the right to drive out the demons.

¹⁶ The Twelve whom He appointed were: Peter, the name which He gave to Simon, ¹⁷ James the son of Zebedee, and John, James's brother (He named them Boanerges, which means Sons of Thunder), ¹⁸ Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot, ¹⁹ and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him. Then He went home.

¹² Now it was in those days that He went up on the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. ¹³ When day came, He called His disciples to Him, and selected from them twelve whom He also named apostles:

¹⁴ Simon whom he named Peter, his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, ¹⁵ Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, Simon who was called the Zealot, ¹⁶ Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who afterward turned traitor.