Quotes About Mission

I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.

When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.

But 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.”

When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.

Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.

They presented these seven to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.í

Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went.

Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

The Spirit said to Philip, “Go over to that chariot and stay by it.”

But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.

“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

So Ananias went to the house, and when he arrived, he placed his hands on Saul. “Brother Saul,” he said, “the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”