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A MULTITUDE OF DISCIPLES.

And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, holden with divers diseases and torments, possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them.

And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came unto him.

And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him: for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they might touch him: for power came forth from him, and healed them all.

And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, “Thou art the Son of God.”

And he charged them much that they should not make him known: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

    “Behold my servant whom I have chosen;
    My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased;
    I will put my Spirit upon him,
    And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles.
    He shall not strive, nor cry aloud;
    Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets.
    A bruised reed shall he not break.
    And smoking flax shall he not quench.
    Till he send forth judgment unto victory.
    And in his name shall the nations hope.”

SELECTION OF THE TWELVE.

And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, he called his disciples; and he chose from them twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have authority to cast out demons.

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is sons of thunder; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.