9. And he told his disciples that a small boat would be useful to him, because of the crowd, lest they press upon him.
10. For he healed so many, that as many of them as had wounds would rush toward him in order to touch him.
11. And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell prostrate before him. And they cried out, saying,
12. "You are the Son of God." And he strongly admonished them, lest they make him known.
13. And ascending onto a mountain, he called to himself those whom he willed, and they came to him.
14. And he acted so that the twelve would be with him, and so that he might send them out to preach.
15. And he gave them authority to cure infirmities, and to cast out demons:
16. and he imposed on Simon the name Peter;
17. and also he imposed on James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, the name 'Boanerges,' that is, 'Sons of Thunder;'
18. and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19. and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
20. And they went to a house, and the crowd gathered together again, so much so that they were not even able to eat bread.
21. And when his own had heard of it, they went out to take hold of him. For they said: "Because he has gone mad."