Bible Verses About Missions

When the news reached the king of Ninveh, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth and sat in ashes.

He then had this proclamation made throughout Ninveh: "By decree of the king and his nobles, no person or animal, herd or flock, is to put anything in his mouth; they are neither to eat nor drink water.

They must be covered with sackcloth, both people and animals; and they are to cry out to God with all their might - let each of them turn from his evil way and from the violence they practice.

Who knows? Maybe God will change his mind, relent and turn from his fierce anger; and then we won't perish."

Upon entering the house, they saw the child with his mother Miryam; and they prostrated themselves and worshipped him. Then they opened their bags and presented him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.

And this Good News about the Kingdom will be announced throughout the whole world as a witness to all the Goyim. It is then that the end will come.

Therefore, go and make people from all nations into talmidim, immersing them into the reality of the Father, the Son and the Ruach HaKodesh,

Indeed, the Good News has to be proclaimed first to all the Goyim.

Then he said to them, "As you go throughout the world, proclaim the Good News to all creation.

and in his name repentance leading to forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed to people from all nations, starting with Yerushalayim.

You are witnesses of these things.

The next day about noon, while they were still on their way and approaching the city, Kefa went up onto the roof of the house to pray.

He began to feel hungry and wanted something to eat; but while they were preparing the meal, he fell into a trance

in which he saw heaven opened, and something that looked like a large sheet being lowered to the ground by its four corners.

In it were all kinds of four-footed animals, crawling creatures and wild birds.

Then a voice came to him, “Get up, Kefa, slaughter and eat!”

But Kefa said, “No, sir! Absolutely not! I have never eaten food that was unclean or treif.”

The voice spoke to him a second time: “Stop treating as unclean what God has made clean.”

This happened three times, and then the sheet was immediately taken back up into heaven.

Kefa was still puzzling over the meaning of the vision he had seen, when the men Cornelius had sent, having inquired for Shim‘on’s house, stood at the gate

and called out to ask if the Shim‘on known as Kefa was staying there.

While Kefa’s mind was still on the vision, the Spirit said, “Three men are looking for you.

Get up, go downstairs, and have no misgivings about going with them, because I myself have sent them.”

One time when they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Ruach HaKodesh said to them, “Set aside for me Bar-Nabba and Sha’ul for the work to which I have called them.”

After fasting and praying, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.