7 aJesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and ba great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea,

8 and from Jerusalem, and from aIdumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of bTyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him.

9 aAnd He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him;

10 for He had ahealed many, with the result that all those who had bafflictions pressed around Him in order to ctouch Him.

11 Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, “You are athe Son of God!”

12 And He aearnestly warned them not to 1tell who He was.

The Twelve Are Chosen

13 And He * went up on athe mountain and * bsummoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.

14 And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach,

15 and to have authority to cast out the demons.

16 And He appointed the twelve: aSimon (to whom He gave the name Peter),

17 and 1James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of 1James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, “Sons of Thunder”);

18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and 1James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the 2Zealot;

19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.