apostles

¹²And the seal of my Apostleship has been set over you, with all patience, with signs and wonders and miracles.

²Now the names of the twelve Apostles are these: the First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, ³James of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, ⁴Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

¹²And through the hands of the Apostles many signs and wonders were accomplished among the people. And they all met with one accord at Solomon’s portico. ¹³And among the others, no one dared to join himself to them. But the people magnified them. ¹⁴Now the multitude of men and women who believed in the Lord was ever increasing, ¹⁵so much so that they laid the infirm in the streets, placing them on beds and stretchers, so that, as Peter arrived, at least his shadow might fall upon any one of them, and they would be freed from their infirmities. ¹⁶But a multitude also hurried to Jerusalem from the neighboring cities, carrying the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits, who were all healed.

¹³And ascending onto a mountain, he called to himself those whom he willed, and they came to him. ¹⁴And he acted so that the twelve would be with him, and so that he might send them out to preach. ¹⁵And he gave them authority to cure infirmities, and to cast out demons: ¹⁶and he imposed on Simon the name Peter; ¹⁷and also he imposed on James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, the name ‘Boanerges,’ that is, ‘Sons of Thunder;’ ¹⁸and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

¹¹And the same one granted that some would be Apostles, and some Prophets, yet truly others evangelists, and others pastors and teachers,

¹⁵And he said to them: “Go forth to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature.

²⁰having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.

¹Then calling together the twelve Apostles, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases. ²And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the infirm. ³And he said to them: “You should take nothing for the journey, neither staff, nor traveling bag, nor bread, nor money; and you should not have two tunics. ⁴And into whatever house you shall enter, lodge there, and do not move away from there. ⁵And whoever will not have received you, upon departing from that city, shake off even the dust on your feet, as a testimony against them.”

²⁸And Jesus said to them: “Amen I say to you, that at the resurrection, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, those of you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

¹Now it happened that, while Apollo was at Corinth, Paul, after he had journeyed through the upper regions, arrived at Ephesus. And he met with certain disciples. ²And he said to them, “After believing, have you received the Holy Spirit?” But they said to him, “We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” ³Yet truly, he said, “Then with what have you been baptized?” And they said, “With the baptism of John.” ⁴Then Paul said: “John baptized the people with the baptism of repentance, saying that they should believe in the One who is to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” ⁵Upon hearing these things, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. ⁶And when Paul had imposed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came over them. And they were speaking in tongues and prophesying.

¹And when the days of Pentecost were completed, they were all together in the same place. ²And suddenly, there came a sound from heaven, like that of a wind approaching violently, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. ³And there appeared to them separate tongues, as if of fire, which settled upon each one of them. ⁴And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit. And they began to speak in various languages, just as the Holy Spirit bestowed eloquence to them. ⁵Now there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, pious men from every nation that is under heaven. ⁶And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together and was confused in mind, because each one was listening to them speaking in his own language.