'Twelve' in the Bible

When Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to the festival as usual.

When daylight came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also called apostles:

After this, Jesus traveled from one city and village to another, preaching and spreading the good news about God's kingdom. The Twelve were with him,

because his only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. While Jesus was on his way, the crowds continued to press in on him.

A woman was there who had been suffering from chronic bleeding for twelve years. Although she had spent all she had on doctors, no one could heal her.

Jesus called the Twelve together and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases.

As the day was drawing to a close, the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away to the neighboring villages and farms so they can rest and get some food, because we are here in a deserted place."

All of them ate and were filled. When they collected the leftover pieces, there were twelve baskets.

Jesus took the Twelve aside and told them, "Pay attention! We're going up to Jerusalem. Everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled,

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

so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit down on thrones to govern the twelve tribes of Israel."

While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd arrived. The man called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them, and he came close to Jesus to kiss him.