Matthew 28:19

On the basis of His authority, Jesus commands the disciples to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the triune name. This is the church's Great Commission.

Cross-references · 37

• Mark 16:15–16And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Acts 2:38–39Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 1:8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
• Luke 24:47–48and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins will be proclaimed to all nations, beginning in Jerusalem.
• Acts 19:3–5“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
• Isa 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
• Gal 3:27For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
• Acts 13:46–47Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
• Acts 10:47–48“Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”
• Rom 6:3–4Or aren’t you aware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
• Rom 10:18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
• Matt 3:16–17As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
• Eph 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
• Acts 8:12–16But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
• Acts 2:41Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.
• Acts 28:28Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
• 1 Pet 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
• Acts 8:36–38As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
• Isa 66:18–19“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
• Num 6:24–27‘May the LORD bless you and keep you;
• Isa 52:10The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
• Gen 1:26Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
• Isa 48:16Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
• Ps 98:2–3The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
• 1 Cor 15:29If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?
• Acts 14:21They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
• Acts 9:18At that instant, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. He got up and was baptized,
• Isa 42:1–4“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
• Rev 1:4–6John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,
• Ps 22:27–28All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
• Acts 16:15–33And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
• 1 Cor 12:4–6There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
• 1 Cor 1:13–16Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?
• 2 Cor 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
• 1 Jn 5:7For there are three that testify:
• Col 1:23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
• Matt 13:52Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

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