And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
- BSB And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
- NKJV And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
- NASB And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
- NLT And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.
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Quick answer
Jesus commissions them to go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. The risen Lord sends his church to all peoples.
Overview
This is Mark's form of the Great Commission, sending the gospel beyond Israel to the whole creation. The message to be proclaimed is the Good News of the crucified and risen Christ. The worldwide mission of the church flows directly from the resurrection and remains its central task.
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- Matt 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
- Mark 13:10And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
- Acts 1:8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
- Luke 24:47–48And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
- Ps 96:3Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
- John 15:16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
- 1 Jn 4:14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
- John 20:21Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
- Isa 60:1–3Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
- Col 1:23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
- Rom 16:26But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
- Luke 14:21–23So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
- Rom 10:18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
- Luke 2:31–32Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
- Luke 2:10–11And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
- Matt 10:5–6These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
- Rev 14:6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
- Col 1:6Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:
- Ps 67:1–2God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
- Isa 45:22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
- Eph 2:17And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
- Isa 49:6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
- Isa 42:10–12Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
- Ps 98:3He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Isa 52:10The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
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