Matthew 10:1-4
Jesus chooses 12 men to be his apostles
1 One day, Jesus asked his 12 disciples to come to him. He gave them authority over bad spirits so that they could send the spirits out of people. They could also make sick people well again from every kind of illness.
2 These are the names of the 12 apostles:
10:2Jesus chose 12 of his disciples to be with him so that he could teach them. He called these 12 men his apostles.
The first apostle is Simon, who was also called Peter.Then Simon's brother, who was called Andrew.Also James and his brother John, who were Zebedee's sons. 3 There were Philip and Bartholomew.10:3Bartholomew was also called Nathanael. See John 1:45. There were Thomas and Matthew. (Matthew's job was to take taxes from people.)10:3Matthew was also called Levi.
And James who was the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus. 4 There was also Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who later gave Jesus to his enemies.
