'Twelve' in the Bible

When he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.

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

Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him.

Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone.

After Jesus called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,

Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, "Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place."

They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up -- twelve baskets of broken pieces.

Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished.

But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.

Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve.

that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up to Jesus to kiss him.