The Great Commission

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth; — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;

but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'

Jesus, therefore, said to them again, `Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;'

And I hear the voice of the Lord, saying: `Whom do I send? and who doth go for Us?' And I say, `Here <FI>am<Fi> I, send me.'

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

and he said to them--`Thus it hath been written, and thus it was behoving the Christ to suffer, and to rise out of the dead the third day, — read the full passage →

then saith he to his disciples, `The harvest indeed <FI>is<Fi> abundant, but the workmen few; — read the full passage →

and how shall they preach, if they may not be sent? according as it hath been written, `How beautiful the feet of those proclaiming good tidings of peace, of those proclaiming good tidings of the good things!'

And the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mount where Jesus appointed them, — read the full passage →

do not say that it is yet four months, and the harvest cometh; lo, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and see the fields, that they are white unto harvest already. — read the full passage →

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

It being, therefore, evening, on that day, the first of the sabbaths, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled, through fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, `Peace to you;' — read the full passage →

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

The former account, indeed, I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death were baptized? — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `These <FI>are<Fi> the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.' — read the full passage →

And after these things, the Lord did appoint also other seventy, and sent them by twos before his face, to every city and place whither he himself was about to come, — read the full passage →

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God. — read the full passage →

for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.

And on the eve of the sabbaths, at the dawn, toward the first of the sabbaths, came Mary the Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre, — read the full passage →

`I was seeing in the visions of the night, and lo, with the clouds of the heavens as a son of man was <FI>one<Fi> coming, and unto the Ancient of Days he hath come, and before Him they have brought him near. — read the full passage →

`Be it known, therefore, to you, that to the nations was sent the salvation of God, these also will hear it;'

`All things were delivered to me by my Father, and none doth know the Son, except the Father, nor doth any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal <FI>Him<Fi> .

wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that <FI>is<Fi> above every name, — read the full passage →

And the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mount where Jesus appointed them,

teaching them to observe all, whatever I did command you,) and lo, I am with you all the days--till the full end of the age.'

After these things I saw, and lo, a great multitude, which to number no one was able, out of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands,

which He wrought in the Christ, having raised him out of the dead, and did set <FI>him<Fi> at His right hand in the heavenly <FI>places<Fi> , — read the full passage →

and he said unto them, `It is not yours to know times or seasons that the Father did appoint in His own authority; — read the full passage →

and having gone quickly, say ye to his disciples, that he rose from the dead; and lo, he doth go before you to Galilee, there ye shall see him; lo, I have told you.'

And morning having come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death; — read the full passage →

and he said unto me, Go, because to nations far off I will send thee.'

and reformation and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem:

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

And I bless those blessing thee, and him who is disesteeming thee I curse, and blessed in thee have been all families of the ground.'

for all things He did put under his feet, and, when one may say that all things have been subjected, <FI>it is<Fi> evident that He is excepted who did subject the all things to him,

and they were continuing stedfastly in the teaching of the apostles, and the fellowship, and the breaking of the bread, and the prayers.

And having come near, Jesus spake to them, saying, `Given to me was all authority in heaven and on earth;

and they sing a new song, saying, `Worthy art thou to take the scroll, and to open the seals of it, because thou wast slain, and didst redeem us to God in thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

and he said to them, `Having gone to all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation; — read the full passage →

And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him, — read the full passage →

the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;

Brethren, the pleasure indeed of my heart, and my supplication that <FI>is<Fi> to God for Israel, is--for salvation; — read the full passage →

`All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal <FI>Him<Fi> .'

then said he unto them, `The harvest indeed <FI>is<Fi> abundant, but the workmen few; beseech ye then the Lord of the harvest, that He may put forth workmen to His harvest.

And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him, — read the full passage →

I, therefore, thus run, not as uncertainly, thus I fight, as not beating air;

and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks. — read the full passage →

and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

Then saith Jesus to them, `Fear ye not, go away, tell to my brethren that they may go away to Galilee, and there they shall see me.'

for as many as to Christ were baptized did put on Christ;

because I am with thee, and no one shall set on thee to do thee evil; because I have much people in this city;'

for as yet he was fallen upon none of them, and only they have been baptized--to the name of the Lord Jesus;

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. — read the full passage →

being buried with him in the baptism, in which also ye rose with <FI>him<Fi> through the faith of the working of God, who did raise him out of the dead.

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you.

and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

in regard to the dispensation of the fulness of the times, to bring into one the whole in the Christ, both the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth--in him;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

but, after my having risen, I will go before you to Galilee.'

but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers, — read the full passage →

and from the fear of him did the keepers shake, and they became as dead men.

And when he is sitting on the mount of the Olives, the disciples came near to him by himself, saying, `Tell us, when shall these be? and what <FI>is<Fi> the sign of thy presence, and of the full end of the age?'

there is not here Jew or Greek, there is not here servant nor freeman, there is not here male and female, for all ye are one in Christ Jesus;

And Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

Afterwards, as they are reclining (at meat), he was manifested to the eleven, and did reproach their unbelief and stiffness of heart, because they believed not those having seen him being raised; — read the full passage →

and having seen him, they bowed to him, but some did waver.

and he saith to them, `Come ye after me, and I will make you fishers of men,'

Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk. — read the full passage →

who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to heaven--messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to him.

Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back, — read the full passage →

in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

assuredly, therefore, let all the house of Israel know, that both Lord and Christ did God make him--this Jesus whom ye did crucify.'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and go, say to his disciples, and Peter, that he doth go before you to Galilee; there ye shall see him, as he said to you.'

for where there are two or three gathered together--to my name, there am I in the midst of them.'

And Haggai, messenger of Jehovah, in messages of Jehovah, speaketh to the people, saying: `I <FI>am<Fi> with you, an affirmation of Jehovah.'

And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'

`Jehovah our God is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor leave us;

be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

And I saw another sign in the heaven, great and wonderful, seven messengers having the seven last plagues, because in these was completed the wrath of God, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance, — read the full passage →

And faith is of things hoped for a confidence, of matters not seen a conviction, — read the full passage →

Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;

The masters! that which is righteous and equal to the servants give ye, having known that ye also have a Master in the heavens. — read the full passage →

if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that <FI>is<Fi> under the heaven, of which I became--I Paul--a ministrant. — read the full passage →

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

for because of this Christ both died and rose again, and lived again, that both of dead and of living he may be Lord.

Having proclaimed good news also to that city, and having discipled many, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch,

And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration, — read the full passage →

as Thou didst send me to the world, I also did send them to the world;