and with the authority to drive out demons.
News about him spread throughout the province of Syria. They brought everyone who was sick to him: people troubled by seizures, the demon-possessed, those who were mentally ill, people who were paralyzed, and he healed all of them.
He chose twelve to be with him, and called them apostles. They were to be with him, and he would send them out to announce the good news,
These are the twelve he chose: Simon (whom he called Peter),
