'The Twelve' in the Bible

Shortly afterwards he went travelling from one town and village to another preaching and telling the good news of the Reign of God; he was accompanied by the twelve

Calling the twelve apostles together he gave them power and authority over all daemons as well as to heal diseases.

Now as the day began to decline the twelve came up to him and said, "Send the crowd off to lodge in the villages and farms around and get provisions there, for here we are in a desert place."

Then he took the twelve aside and told them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and all the predictions of the prophets regarding the Son of man will be fulfilled;

and Satan entered Judas called Iscariot, a member of the twelve,

I assign you the right of eating and drinking at my table in my Realm and of sitting on thrones to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.

While he was still speaking, there came a mob headed by the man called Judas, one of the twelve. He approached in order to kiss Jesus,