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and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:20 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
  • KJV Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • NKJV teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
  • NASB teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
  • NLT Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

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Quick answer

Disciples are to be taught to obey all Jesus commanded, with His promise to be with them always to the end of the age. The commission closes with assurance of Christ's abiding presence.

Overview

Genuine discipleship includes obedient learning of all Jesus taught, not just initial belief. The closing promise of His continual presence fulfills the name Immanuel, 'God with us,' from the start of Matthew's Gospel, framing the whole book. The risen Christ assures His people that He accompanies them in their mission until He returns, the ground of all Christian courage and hope.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 40

  • Isa 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
  • Josh 1:5No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
  • Acts 18:9–10One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
  • John 14:18–23I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
  • Ps 46:7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
  • Gen 39:2–3And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
  • 1 Jn 2:3–4By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
  • Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”).
  • Matt 18:20For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
  • Gen 39:21the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
  • Ps 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
  • 1 Th 4:1–2Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
  • Rev 22:20–21He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
  • Mark 16:20And they went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked through them, confirming His word by the signs that accompanied it.
  • Eph 4:20–32But this is not the way you came to know Christ.
  • 1 Jn 3:19–24And by this we will know that we belong to the truth, and will assure our hearts in His presence:
  • Exod 3:12“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  • Eph 4:11–17And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,
  • 2 Tim 4:17But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.
  • Isa 8:8–10It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
  • Col 1:28We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
  • Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
  • 1 Cor 14:37If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.
  • Rev 22:14Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
  • 2 Pet 1:5–11For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge;
  • Matt 13:49So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous,
  • Ps 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
  • 1 Pet 2:10–19Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
  • 1 Cor 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
  • 1 Kgs 1:36“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.
  • Titus 2:1–10But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine.
  • Matt 7:24–27Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
  • Matt 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
  • Deut 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
  • Deut 5:32So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.
  • Matt 13:39–40and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
  • Acts 20:27For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
  • 2 Pet 3:2by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
  • Acts 20:20–21I did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,
  • 1 Tim 6:1–4All who are under the yoke of slavery should regard their masters as fully worthy of honor, so that God’s name and our teaching will not be discredited.

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Christ at the center

Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'

How Matthew 28:20 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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