Matthew 28:19-20
28:19 Therefore go
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
28:20 teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember,
I am with you
always, to the end of the age.”
Mark 16:15
16:15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Luke 24:44-47
Jesus’ Final Commission
24:44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled.”
24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
24:46 and said to them, “Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day,
24:47 and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Acts 13:46-47
13:46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously,
“It was necessary to speak the word of God
to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy
of eternal life, we
are turning to the Gentiles.
13:47 For this
is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘
I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
Acts 26:17-18
26:17 I will rescue
you from your own people
and from the Gentiles, to whom
I am sending you
26:18 to open their eyes so that they turn
from darkness to light and from the power
of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share
among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’