Matthew 10:1-7, 32-33

Summoning his twelve disciples,  he gave them authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out and to heal every  disease and sickness.  , These are the names of the twelve apostles:  First, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;  Simon the Zealot,  and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.  Jesus sent out these twelve after giving them instructions: “Don’t take the road that leads to the Gentiles, and don’t enter any Samaritan   town. Instead, go to the lost sheep   of the house of Israel.   As you go, proclaim, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’  

“Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.   But whoever denies me before others,   I will also deny him before my Father in heaven.