Mat 10:1-5 | ESV | STEP | And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits , to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction .

i[See ver. 1 above]

j 2 Kgs. 17:24; Ezra 4:10; Luke 9:52; 10:33; 17:16; John 4:9, 39, 40; 8:48; Acts 8:25; [Acts 1:8]

Matthew 10:1-5

The Twelve Apostles

1 ^aAnd he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. 2 ^bThe names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, ^cwho is called Peter, and ^dAndrew his brother; ^eJames the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and ^fMatthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ^{▼▼Some manuscripts Lebbaeus, or Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus} 4 Simon the Zealot, ^{▼▼Greek kananaios, meaning zealot} and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

5 ⁱThese twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of ^jthe Samaritans,