Quotes About Mission

He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.

After Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

This is the one about whom it is written: ëBehold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.í

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds.

He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Then He admonished the disciples not to tell anyone that He was the Christ.

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said,

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.í

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.

Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

“Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”

Simon and his companions went to look for Him,

and when they found Him, they said, “Everyone is looking for You!”

But Jesus answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns so I can preach there as well, for that is why I have come.”

Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.

He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),

James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,