The Twelve Apostles (MRK 3:13-21)

[3:13] And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him.

[3:14] And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach

[3:15] and have authority to cast out demons.

[3:16] He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);

[3:17] James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);

[3:18] Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,

[3:19] and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

[3:20] Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat.

[3:21] And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”