Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve.

But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak.

They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.

Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness.

Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: “Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town.

When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,

Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now?

Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth: In the age when all things are renewed, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother;

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.