The Twelve Apostles
(Mark 3:13–19; Luke 6:12–16)
And calling His twelve disciples to Him, Jesus gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could drive them out and heal every disease and sickness. Luk 9:1-6Mrk 3:13-15Mrk 6:7-13Luk 10:19Mrk 16:17-18Luk 24:49Act 1:8Luk 6:13
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Act 1:13Mat 4:21Jhn 12:22Jhn 6:8Luk 5:10Mat 4:18Jhn 21:2Luk 11:49 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Act 1:13Mrk 3:18Jhn 1:43-46Mat 9:9Mrk 2:14Jhn 11:16Jhn 12:21-22Jhn 20:24-29 Simon the Zealot, 1 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus. 2 Mat 26:14Jhn 13:2Jhn 6:71Mat 26:47Mrk 14:43Mrk 3:18-19Act 1:16-20Jhn 13:26-30
The Ministry of the Twelve
(Mark 6:7–13; Luke 9:1–6)
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans. Jhn 4:9Act 22:21-232Ki 17:24-411Th 2:16Jhn 4:22-24Rom 15:8-9Luk 17:16Act 10:45 Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. Jer 50:6Ezk 34:61Pe 2:25Isa 53:6Act 13:46Psa 119:176Mat 15:24-26Act 28:25-28 As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’ Act 28:31Mat 3:2Luk 9:60Mat 4:17Luk 10:9-11Luk 16:16Luk 9:2Isa 61:1 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, 3 drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give. Act 3:6Luk 10:9Act 4:30Mat 10:1Act 20:33-35Mrk 16:182Ki 5:15-16Act 5:12-15
Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts. Luk 22:35Luk 9:3-51Co 9:7-27Luk 10:4-12Mrk 6:8-11 Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions. 1Ti 5:17-18Luk 10:7-121Co 9:4-14Gal 6:6-7Luk 3:111Sa 9:72Ti 4:131Sa 17:40
Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house 4until you move on. Luk 10:7-81Ki 17:9-24Act 18:1-3Job 31:32Act 16:15Gen 19:1-3Jdg 19:16-21Luk 10:38-42 As you enter the home, greet its occupants. 5 1Sa 25:6Luk 10:5-62Co 5:20Act 10:363Jn 1:14 If the home is worthy, let your peace rest on it; but if it is not, let your peace return to you. Luk 10:6Psa 35:132Co 2:16 And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. Act 18:6Luk 10:10-11Neh 5:13Act 13:51Luk 9:5Mrk 6:111Th 4:8Jhn 13:20 Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. 2Pe 2:6Jhn 15:22-241Jn 4:17Ezk 16:48-56Luk 10:11-12Mat 11:22-242Pe 2:92Pe 3:7
Sheep among Wolves
(2 Timothy 1:3–12)
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. Php 2:15Luk 10:31Co 14:20Col 4:5Eph 5:15-17Rom 16:18-19Act 20:29Luk 21:15 But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues. Mrk 13:9Mat 23:34Act 26:11Jhn 16:2Luk 12:11Mat 5:22Mat 24:9-10Act 22:19 On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. Act 24:1-26Act 5:25-27Mat 8:4Mrk 13:9Psa 2:1-62Ti 1:82Ti 4:16-17Act 12:1-4 But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say. Exo 4:12Mrk 13:11-132Ti 4:17Luk 12:11Luk 21:12-17Exo 4:15Dan 3:16-18Jer 1:9 For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 2Sa 23:2Act 6:10Luk 21:15Luk 12:122Pe 1:21Act 2:4Act 4:82Co 13:3
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. Luk 21:16-17Mic 7:5-6Mrk 13:12-13Mat 24:10Luk 12:51-53Mat 10:34-36Zec 13:32Sa 17:1-4 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. Mat 24:13Jas 1:12Rev 2:10Mrk 13:13Mat 10:391Jn 3:13Mat 24:9Rom 2:7
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. Mat 16:28Jhn 11:53-54Act 17:10Act 8:1Luk 4:29-31Mrk 13:26Jhn 10:39-42Luk 18:8
A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. Jhn 15:20Luk 6:40Jhn 13:16Heb 12:2-42Sa 11:11 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, 6 how much more the members of his household! Luk 11:15Mat 12:24Mat 9:34Jhn 7:20Mrk 3:22Jhn 8:48Jhn 10:20Jhn 8:52
Fear God Alone
(Luke 12:4–7)
So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. Luk 8:17Mrk 4:22Jer 1:81Co 4:5Isa 43:1-2Luk 12:2-9Mat 10:28Isa 41:10 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. Act 5:20Jhn 16:13Jhn 16:1Pro 1:20-23Jhn 16:29Luk 8:10Mat 13:1-17Mat 13:34-35
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 7 Luk 12:4-5Isa 8:12-13Rev 2:10Jas 4:12Ecc 8:12-13Rom 8:35-39Isa 51:12Jer 5:22
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? 8 Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. Luk 12:6-7Psa 104:27-30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Luk 12:71Sa 14:45Act 27:34Luk 21:182Sa 14:111Ki 1:52 So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Luk 12:24Psa 8:5Mat 6:261Co 9:9-10Mat 12:11-12
Confessing Christ
(Luke 12:8–12)
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven. Rev 3:5Luk 12:8-9Rom 10:9-101Jn 4:152Ti 1:81Sa 2:30Rev 2:131Ti 6:12-13 But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven. 2Ti 2:12Luk 9:26Luk 12:91Jn 2:232Pe 2:1Mrk 14:30Mrk 8:38Mat 26:70-75
Not Peace but a Sword
(Micah 7:1–6; Luke 12:49–53)
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. Luk 12:49-53Act 14:4Act 13:45-50Act 14:2Jhn 7:40-52Jer 15:10 For I have come to turn Mic 7:5-6Mat 10:21Luk 21:16Mat 24:10Mrk 13:12
‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
A man’s enemies will be the members Mic 7:6Jer 12:6Psa 41:9Gen 4:8-10Job 19:13-19Psa 55:13Gen 37:17-281Sa 17:28
of his own household.’ 9
Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; Luk 14:26Mat 22:37Php 3:7-92Co 5:14-15Deu 33:9Jhn 21:15-17Luk 21:36Mat 22:8 and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. Luk 14:27Mrk 8:34Mat 16:24Luk 9:23-24Jhn 19:17Mrk 10:21Mat 27:32 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Jhn 12:25Mrk 8:35-36Luk 17:33Mat 16:25-26Luk 9:24Rev 2:10Php 1:20-212Ti 4:6-8
The Reward of Service
(2 Kings 4:8–17)
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me. Jhn 13:20Luk 9:48Luk 10:16Mat 18:52Jn 1:9Gal 4:14Jhn 20:21Mat 25:40 Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. 3Jn 1:5-8Heb 6:102Ki 4:16-172Ki 4:8-10Luk 14:13-141Ki 18:3-42Jn 1:82Ki 4:32-37 And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.” Heb 6:10Mat 25:40Mrk 9:41-422Co 9:6-15Mat 18:10Php 4:15-19Luk 6:352Co 8:12