Names of the twelve

110.1-4: Mk 6.7; 3.16-19; Lk 9.1; 6.14-16; Acts 1.13.And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity. 2The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zeb'edee, and John his brother; 3Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;10.3 Other ancient authorities read Lebbaeus or Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus 4Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Their mission

510.5: Lk 9.52; Jn 4.9; Acts 8.5, 25.These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans, 610.6: Mt 15.24; 10.23.but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 710.7-8: Lk 9.2; 10.9-11; Mt 4.17.And preach as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ 8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay. 910.9-14: Mk 6.8-11; Lk 9.3-5; 10.4-12; 22.35-36.Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts, 1010.10: 1 Cor 9.14; 1 Tim 5.18.no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the labourer deserves his food. 11And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it, and stay with him until you depart. 12As you enter the house, salute it. 13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 1410.14: Acts 13.51.And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. 1510.15: Mt 11.24; Lk 10.12; Jude 7; 2 Pet 2.6.Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor'rah than for that town.

1610.16: Lk 10.3; Gen 3.1; Rom 16.19.“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 1710.17-22: Mk 13.9-13; Lk 12.11-12; 21.12-19; Jn 16.2.Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues, 1810.18: Acts 25.24-26.and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. 19When they deliver you up, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour; 2010.20: Jn 16.7-11.for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 2110.21: Mt 10.35-36; Lk 12.52-53.Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; 2210.22: Jn 15.18; Mt 24.9.and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. 2310.23: Mt 16.27; 1 Thess 4.17.When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes.

2410.24: Lk 6.40; Jn 13.16; 15.20.“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant10.24 Or slave above his master; 2510.25: Mt 9.34; 12.24; Mk 3.22; Lk 11.15; 2 Kings 1.2.it is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant10.25 Or slave like his master. If they have called the master of the house Be-el'zebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.

2610.26-33: Lk 12.2-9.10.26: Mk 4.22; Lk 8.17; Eph 5.13.“So have no fear of them; for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. 27What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops. 2810.28: Heb 10.31.And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.10.28 Greek Gehenna 29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's will. 30But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 3110.31: Mt 12.12.Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. 3210.32: Mk 8.38; Lk 9.26; Rev 3.5; 2 Tim 2.12.So every one who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven; 33but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.

3410.34-36: Lk 12.51-53; Mt 10.21; Mk 13.12; Mic 7.6.“Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36and a man's foes will be those of his own household. 3710.37-39: Lk 14.25-27; 17.33; 9.23-24; Mt 16.24-25; Mk 8.34-35; Jn 12.25.He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38and he who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

4010.40: Lk 10.16; Jn 13.20; Gal 4.14; Mk 9.37; Mt 18.5; Lk 9.48.“He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me. 41He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 4210.42: Mk 9.41; Mt 25.40.And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”