The Appointment of the Twelve Apostles

Mark 3:13-19

Then he went up into the hill country and summoned to himself those he wanted, and they came to him.

He appointed twelve to be with him, to be sent out to preach

and to have authority to expel demons:

Shim`on, to whom he gave another name, "Kefa";

Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai and Yochanan, Ya`akov's brother -- to them he gave the name "B'nei-Regesh" (that is, "Thunderers");

Andrew, Philip, Bar-Talmai, Mattityahu, T'oma, Ya`akov Ben-Halfai, Taddai, Shim`on the Zealot,

and Y'hudah from K'riot, the one who betrayed him. Then he entered a house;