And ^awhen he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power ^||against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. ²^bNow the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, ^cwho is called Peter, and ^dAndrew his brother; ^eJames the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and ^fMatthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; ⁴Simon ^gthe Canaanite, and Judas ^hIscariot, who also betrayed him. ⁵These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into ⁱthe way of the Gentiles, and into any city of ^kthe Samaritans enter ye not: ⁶^lBut go rather to the ^mlost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷ⁿAnd as ye go, preach, saying, ^oThe kingdom of heaven is at hand.

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Footnotes

||Or, over. Mark 6:7. John 17:2. Rom. 9:21.
bTo ver. 4, Mark 3:16–19. Luke 6:14–16. Acts 1:13.
cch. 16:18. John 1:42.
dch. 4:18.
ech. 4:21.
fSee ch. 9:9.
gComp. Luke 6:15. Acts 1:13 with Nu. 25:11 (Heb.).
hch. 26:14, 47. & 27:3–5, &c.
iComp. ch. 4:15.
lch. 15:24. So Acts 13:46.
mch. 15:24. Ps. 119:176. Jer. 50:6, 17. See ch. 9:36.
n Luke 9:2. & 10:9. Comp. Mark 6:12.
oSee ch. 3:2.

Cross references

a Mark 3:13–15. & 6:7. Luke 6:13. & 9:1.
k 2 Kin. 17:24. Ezra 4:10. Luke 9:52. & 10:33. & 17:16. John 4:9, 20. & 8:48.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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 affliction. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.

These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. As you go, proclaim this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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

Jesus sent out these twelve after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don’t enter any Samaritan town. Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, proclaim, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’

NLTNew Living Translation

Jesus called his twelve disciples together and gave them authority to cast out evil spirits and to heal every kind of disease and illness. Here are the names of the twelve apostles:

first, Simon (also called Peter),

then Andrew (Peter’s brother),

James (son of Zebedee),

John (James’s brother),

Philip,

Bartholomew,

Thomas,

Matthew (the tax collector),

James (son of Alphaeus),

Thaddaeus,

Simon (the zealot),

Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).

Jesus sent out the twelve apostles with these instructions: “Don’t go to the Gentiles or the Samaritans, but only to the people of Israel—God’s lost sheep. Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could expel them and could heal every disease and every sickness. Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip, and Bartholomew, Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector, James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot—the one who also betrayed him.

Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them saying, “Do not go on the road to the Gentiles, and do not enter into a city of the Samaritans, but go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you are going, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near!’