to them about the kingdom of God [βασιλείας τοῦ θεοῦ, basileias tou theou], and healed [ἰᾶτο, iato] those who needed to be cured [θεραπείας, therapeias]. (9:10–11; the mass feeding follows in 9:12–17) Jesus’s twelve deputies undergo a major transition in their training. Having been called and commissioned for “catching people” (5:10) and being named “apostles” (ἀπόστολοι, apostoloi [6:13]), or “sent ones,” the Twelve are now “called … together” anew, and Jesus specifically