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19 Bible Verses About Missionary Work

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  • Matthew, Luke, John and Acts each record a commission from the risen Jesus: to all nations (Matthew 28:19, Luke 24:47), as the Father sent him (John 20:21), and to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). Mark 16:15 gives another, in a section the earliest manuscripts do not have.
  • Isaiah 49:6 calls the servant a light for the Gentiles, and Paul and Barnabas quote it in Acts 13:47 as the Lord’s command to them.
  • Jesus’ response to a plentiful harvest and few workers in Matthew 9:37-38 is to tell his disciples to pray for workers to be sent.
  • In Acts 13:2-3 the prophets and teachers at Antioch fast, pray and lay hands on Barnabas and Saul before sending them out.
  • Romans 10:14-15 traces calling on the Lord back through believing, hearing and preaching to someone being sent.

The Bible grounds missionary work in the commands the risen Jesus gave his disciples to take the gospel to every nation. Matthew 28:19-20 sends them to all nations and Acts 1:8 to the ends of the earth. The purpose is older than those commands: Isaiah 49:6 calls God’s servant “a light for the Gentiles.” Acts 13 then shows two of the prophets and teachers at Antioch set apart and sent out, and Paul’s letters to Rome, Corinth and Thessalonica describe…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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