Bible Verses About Apostles

and when it became day, he called near his disciples, and having chosen from them twelve, whom also he named apostles,

(Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

Judas of James, and Judas Iscariot, who also became betrayer;)

And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

and he sent them to proclaim the reign of God, and to heal the ailing.

And he said unto them, `Take nothing for the way, neither staff, nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats each;

and into whatever house ye may enter, there remain, and thence depart;

and as many as may not receive you, going forth from that city, even the dust from your feet shake off, for a testimony against them.'

`Lay ye to your ears these words, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered up to the hands of men.'

And they were not knowing this saying, and it was veiled from them, that they might not perceive it, and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou that we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'

and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;

`And ye--ye are those who have remained with me in my temptations,

and I appoint to you, as my Father did appoint to me, a kingdom,

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

and he said to them, `I have food to eat that ye have not known.'

The disciples then said one to another, `Did any one bring him anything to eat?'

therefore said his disciples, `Sir, if he hath fallen asleep, he will be saved;'

but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.

He cometh, therefore, unto Simon Peter, and that one saith to him, `Sir, thou--dost thou wash my feet?'

Jesus answered and said to him, `That which I do thou hast not known now, but thou shalt know after these things;'

Peter saith to him, `Thou mayest not wash my feet--to the age.' Jesus answered him, `If I may not wash thee, thou hast no part with me;'

Thomas saith to him, `Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;