Mark 3:14
And he appointed twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to preach,
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
In Context
13And he goes up into the mountain, and calls whom he himself would, and they went to him.
15and to have power [to heal diseases, and] to cast out demons.
Cross References
Luke 10:1Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to come.
John 15:16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and have set you that ye should go and [that] ye should bear fruit, and [that] your fruit should abide, that whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he may give you.
Acts 1:24And they prayed, and said, Thou Lord, knower of the hearts of all, shew which one of these two thou hast chosen,
Galatians 1:15But when God, who set me apart [even] from my mother's womb, and called [me] by his grace,
Matthew Henry on Mark 3:14-22
The Calling of the Apostles. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas,… Read the whole commentary →