And He said to them, “Go 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.
- KJV And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
- BSB 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, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
- Mark 13:10The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.
- Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
- Luke 24:47–48and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
- Ps 96:3Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
- John 15:16You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- 1 Jn 4:14We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
- John 20:21Jesus therefore said to them again, “Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.”
- Isa 60:1–3“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.
- Col 1:23if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.
- Rom 16:26—
- Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.
- Luke 14:21–23“That servant came, and told 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 the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.’
- Rom 10:18But I say, didn’t they hear? Yes, most certainly, “Their sound went out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
- Luke 2:31–32which you have prepared before the face of all peoples;
- Luke 2:10–11The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.
- Matt 10:5–6Jesus sent these twelve out, and commanded them, saying, “Don’t go among the Gentiles, and don’t enter into any city of the Samaritans.
- Rev 14:6I saw an angel flying in mid heaven, having an eternal Good News to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people.
- Col 1:6which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
- Ps 67:1–2For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.
- Isa 45:22“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Eph 2:17He came and preached peace to you who were far off and to those who were near.
- Isa 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
- Isa 42:10–12Sing to Yahweh a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.
- Ps 98:3He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Isa 52:10Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
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