JESUS APPOINTS TWELVE APOSTLES

Passage: Mark 3:7-19

Key verse: 14

NIV

Crowds Follow Jesus(A)

Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.(B) When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.(C) Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10 For he had healed many,(D) so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.(E) 11 Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”(F) 12 But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.(G)

Jesus Appoints the Twelve(H)

13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him.(I) 14 He appointed twelve[a](J) that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons.(K) 16 These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter),(L) 17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

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  1. Mark 3:14 Some manuscripts twelve—designating them apostles—

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ESV

A Great Crowd Follows Jesus

(A)Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and (B)a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem and (C)Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around (D)Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. And he told his disciples to (E)have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they (F)crush him, 10 for (G)he had healed many, so that all who had (H)diseases pressed around him (I)to touch him. 11 (J)And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they (K)fell down before him and cried out, “You are (L)the Son of God.” 12 And (M)he strictly ordered them not to make him known.

The Twelve Apostles

13 (N)And he went up on the mountain and called to him those (O)whom he desired, and they came to him. 14 (P)And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach 15 (Q)and have authority to cast out demons. 16 He appointed the twelve: (R)Simon (to whom (S)he gave the name Peter); 17 (T)James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder); 18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and (U)Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot,[a] 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

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  1. Mark 3:18 Greek kananaios, meaning zealot

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1. Jesus withdraws; the crowds follow (7-12)

Jesus risked his life to restore one man's life. He incurred the wrath of the religious leadership, and he revealed himself to be the true shepherd of Israel. So people came to him from everywhere. Each one thought his problem most urgent--so, in their eagerness, they almost pushed Jesus into the lake. He taught and healed from a small boat. Demons could not endure his presence.

2. Jesus appoints the Twelve (13-19)

Jesus spent the night in prayer (Lk 6: 12). Then he appointed 12 men to be apostles. His training course was simple: They were to be with him. Then he would send them out to preach and serve the crowds. Someday, through these men the gospel would be preached to the ends of the earth, and the good news would be passed down through history to us. Jesus concentrated on training disciples and he commands us to make disciples too.

Prayer: Lord, help me to be a good disciple of Jesus; also help me to be a disciple-maker.

One Word: Disciples and disciple-makers