31 Bible Verses about Twelve Disciples

Here are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who was named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James the son of Zebedee and his brother John,

Then He called His twelve disciples to Him, and gave them authority over foul spirits, so that they could drive them out, and so that they could cure any disease or ailment.

When Jesus had closed this charge to His disciples, He left there to teach and preach in their towns.

When day came, He called His disciples to Him, and selected from them twelve whom He also named apostles:

Then He called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases,

And He appointed the Twelve, to whom He gave the title, apostles, to be with Him, to send them forth to preach,

The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the Lamb's twelve apostles.

Jesus sent these twelve out, after giving them the following charge: "Do not go to the heathen, or to any Samaritan town,

Jesus said to them: "I solemnly say to you, in the new order of life, when the Son of Man shall take His seat on His glorious throne, you too, who have followed me, will sit on twelve thrones, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

And as Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside, and said to them while on the road,

Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, who was called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came in.

Then one of the Twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the high priests,

Even while He was still speaking, here came Judas, one of the Twelve, and with him a crowd, with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people.

At that very moment, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a crowd of men with swords and clubs, from the high priests, scribes, and elders.

But Satan entered into Judas, who is called Iscariot, who belonged to the circle of the Twelve.

While He was still speaking, look! a crowd had come up, and Judas, one of the Twelve, was their guide; and he stepped up to Jesus to kiss Him.

Jesus answered them, "Did I not myself select you as the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil."

When evening came, He was sitting at the table with the Twelve.

When He was by Himself, those who stayed about Him with the Twelve began to ask Him about the stories.

And He called the Twelve to Him and sent them out two by two, and gave them power over the foul spirits.

So He sat down and called the Twelve to Him and said, "If anyone wants to be the first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all."

As they were walking along the road up to Jerusalem, Jesus was going on ahead of them, but they were dazed while those who were still following were afraid. Then again He took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to befall Him.

Now He took the Twelve aside and said to them, "Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

And so He went into Jerusalem and into the temple. After He had looked everything over, as it was already late, He went out with the Twelve to Bethany.

When evening came, He went with the Twelve.

Soon afterwards He chanced to be making a tour of Galilee from town to town and from village to village preaching and telling the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve went with Him,

As the day began to decline, the Twelve came up and said to Him, "Send the crowd off to the villages and farms around, to get lodging and to find food there, for we are in a destitute place here."

So Jesus said to the Twelve, "You too do not want to go back, do you?"

So the Twelve called together the whole body of the disciples, and said, "It is not desirable that we should leave off preaching the word of God to wait on tables.

and that He was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

In all there were about twelve men.