As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him,"Follow me." He got up and followed him.

Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;

Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;

Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Simon, who was called the Zealot;

They answered him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."See Isaiah 9:1 and Matthew 4:13-16.

When they had come in, they went up into the upper room, where they were staying; that is Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35

He answered,"Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,Genesis 1:27

and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'Genesis 2:24

But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female.Genesis 1:27

and the two will become one flesh,Genesis 2:24so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your offspring will all the families of the earth be blessed.'Genesis 22:18; 26:4

and said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'Genesis 12:1

'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'Genesis 15:13-14

For what does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."Genesis 15:6

As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.Genesis 17:5

Besides hope, Abraham in hope believed, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your offspring be."Genesis 15:5

Therefore it also was "credited to him for righteousness."Genesis 15:6

Neither, because they are Abraham's offspring, are they all children. But, "your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac."Genesis 21:12

For this is a word of promise, "At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son."Genesis 18:10,14

it was said to her, "The elder will serve the younger."Genesis 25:23

Or don't you know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one body? For, "The two", he says, "will become one flesh."Genesis 2:24

So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.Genesis 2:7

seeing it is God who said, "Light will shine out of darkness," who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.Genesis 1:3

The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed."Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his offspring. He doesn't say, "To descendants", as of many, but as of one, "To your offspring", which is Christ.Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7

However what does the Scripture say? "Throw out the servant and her son, for the son of the servant will not inherit with the son of the free woman."Genesis 21:10

"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."Genesis 2:24

For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "God rested on the seventh day from all his works";Genesis 2:2

saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."Genesis 22:17

to whom it was said, "your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac";Genesis 21:12

and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him as righteousness"; and he was called the friend of God.Genesis 15:6