Mark 3:14
And He appointed twelve, so that they might be with Him, and so that He might send them out to preach,
English Majority Text (NT)
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 went up on the mountain and summoned those whom He wanted, and they came to Him.
15and to have authority to heal diseases and to cast out demons.
Cross References
Luke 10:1Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and He sent them two by two before His face into every city and place where He Himself was about to come.
John 15:16You did not choose Me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you may ask the Father in My name He may give to you.
Acts 1:24And they prayed and said, “You, O Lord, knower of all hearts, show whom You have chosen of these two
Galatians 1:15But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through 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 →