n by the sea side; and all the multitude
resorted unto him, and he taught them. And as he passed by, he saw
Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the place of toll, and he saith
unto him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him. And it came to
pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many publicans and
sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many,
and they followed him. And the Pharisees, when they saw that he was
eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, "He
eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners."

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And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, "They that are whole have
no need of a physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners."

And he went up into the mountain, and called unto him whom he himself
would: and they went unto him. And he appointed twelve, that they
might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to
have authority to cast out demons: and Simon he surnamed Peter; and
James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he
surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder: and Andrew, and Philip,
and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of
Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who
also betrayed him.

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The Glorious Company of the Apostles
Simon Peter.
Andrew.
James.
John.
Philip.
Bartholomew.
Thomas.
Matthew.
James "the less".
Thaddaeus
Simon the Zealot.
Judas Iscariot, the traitor.

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_Simon Peter_. Brother of Andrew. Fisherman. Residence Bethsaida. One
of the leaders of the apostles. Said to have founded the church at
Rome and to have suffered martyrdom under Nero.

_Andrew_. Brother of Simon Peter. Fisherman. Residence Bethsaida.
Tradition says he was crucified at Patrae by the proconsul AEgeas.

_James_. Brother of John. Son of Zebedee. Fisherman. Home Bethsaida.
Beheaded by Herod Agrippa only fourteen years after the crucifixion.
The first of the "glorious company of the apostles" to join "the noble
army of martyrs."

_John_. "The beloved Disciple." Fisherman. Brother of James. Son of
Zebedee. Home Bethsaida. Reputed author of Gospel of St. John, the
Epistles of John and the Apocalypse. Said to have lived to an extreme
old age, dying a natural death at Ephesus.

_Philip_. Fellow townsman of Peter and Andrew, and probably, like
them, a fisherman. Said by tradition to h