“Then they prayed, ‘Lord, you know everyone's heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.’ Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias…“ —Acts 1:24-26

“When morning came, he [Jesus] called his disciples to him and chose… Simon who was called the Zealot.” —Luke 6:13,15

“Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, ‘But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?’ Jesus replied, ‘If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.’”

“Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.” —Mark 15:40

“…Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.” —John 20:25

“As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. ‘Follow me,’ he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.” —Matthew 9:9

“When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, ‘Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false.’” —John 1:47

“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” —1 John 3:16

“…He [King Herod] had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.” —Acts 12:2

“The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (that is, the Christ).” —John 1:41