Mark 3:12

¹²Sesudah itu, Yesus naik ke atas bukit, dan Dia memanggil dua belas orang yang sudah Dia pilih. Lalu mereka datang kepada-Nya.

Mark 3 intensifies the conflict surrounding Jesus’ ministry. He heals on the Sabbath, drawing the first explicit plot to kill him. Crowds press in, and Jesus appoints twelve apostles, a symbolic reconstitution of Israel. His family fears he is out of his mind, and scribes accuse him