³⁵Jesus continued going around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom,^p and healing every^C disease and every sickness.^D^E ³⁶When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected,^q like sheep without a shepherd.^r ³⁷Then he said to his disciples,^s “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. ³⁸Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”

COMMISSIONING THE TWELVE

10Summoning his twelve disciples,^t he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every^C disease and sickness.^E^u ²These are the names of the twelve apostles:^v First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;^F ⁴Simon the Zealot,^G and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.^w

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Footnotes

COr every kind of
DOther add among the people
EOr physical ailment
FOther read and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus
G the Cananaean

Cross references

p Mt 4:23; Mk 1:15
q Mt 14:14; 15:32; Mk 6:34; 8:2
r Nm 27:17; 1Kg 22:17; Ezk 34:5; Zch 10:2
s Mt 10:1; 26:56; Mk 3:7; 16:20; Lk 6:13; Jn 12:16
t Mk 3:13–19; 6:13–16
u Mt 9:35; Mk 6:7; Lk 9:1
v Mt 4:18,21; 16:18; Jn 1:42
w Mt 26:14; Lk 22:3; Jn 6:71; 13:2,26