the great commission
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18And Jesus, drawing near, spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 19Therefore, go forth and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all that I have ever commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, even to the consummation of the age.”
15And he said to them: “Go forth to the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature.
8But you shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit, passing over you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”
21Therefore, he said to them again: “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
8And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send?” and, “Who will go for us?” And I said: “Here I am. Send me.”
19Therefore, go forth and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
37Then he said to his disciples: “The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few. 38Therefore, petition the Lord of the harvest, so that he may sent out laborers to his harvest.”
46And he said to them: “For so it is written, and so it was necessary, for the Christ to suffer and to rise up from the dead on the third day, 47and, in his name, for repentance and the remission of sins to be preached, among all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
15And truly, in what way will they preach, unless they have been sent, just as it has been written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who evangelize peace, of those who evangelize what is good!”
16Now the eleven disciples went on to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 17And, seeing him, they worshipped him, but certain ones doubted. 18And Jesus, drawing near, spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. 19Therefore, go forth and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all that I have ever commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, even to the consummation of the age.”