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 "And He said to them, "Go into all the world and
preach the gospel to all creation.
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"He who has believed
and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be
condemned." Mark 16:15-16 (NAS)
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"But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee,
to the mountain which Jesus had designated.
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And when
they saw Him, they worshiped Him but some were doubtful.
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And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me
in heaven and on earth.
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"Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the
Son and the Holy Spirit,
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teaching them to observe all
that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Matthew 28:16-20 (NAS)
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"Now He said to them, "These are My words which I
spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about
Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled."
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Then He opened their minds to understand the
Scriptures,
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and He said to them, "Thus it is written,
that the Christ should suffer and rise again from the dead the third day;
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and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be
proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
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"You are witnesses of these things.
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"And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are
to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."
Luke 24:44-49 (NAS)
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Jesus therefore said to
them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22
And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the
Holy Spirit. 23 "If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven
them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained." John
20:21-23 (NAS)
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"So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said
to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?" He said to
Him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend My lambs."
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He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of
John, do you love me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He
said to him, "Shepherd My sheep."
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third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because He
said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" And he said to Him," Lord, you
know all things; you know that I love you. "Jesus said to him," tend My sheep.
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"Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you
used to gird yourself, and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you
will stretch out your hands, and someone else will gird you, and bring you where
you do not wish to go."
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Now this He said, signifying by
what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to
him, "Follow me!" John 21:15-19 (NAS)
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"And gathering them together, He (Jesus) commanded
them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised,
"Which," He said, "you heard of from Me;
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for John
baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many
days from now."
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And so when they had come together, they
were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom
to Israel?"
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He said to them, "It is not for you to know
times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority;
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but you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and
you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and
even to the remotest part of the earth."
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And after He
had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud
received Him out of their sight." Acts 1:4-9 (NAS)
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* Note: the word baptism is from the Greek word "baptizo"
meaning to immerse, dip or fully submerge. -- See Lesson 1.
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