Bible Verses About Apostles: Commission of

Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and the Sonne, and the holy Ghost,

Teaching them to obserue all things, whatsoeuer I haue commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, vntill the ende of the worlde, Amen.

And hee appoynted twelue that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preache,

And that they might haue power to heale sicknesses, and to cast out deuils.

And he called vnto him the twelue, and began to send them forth two and two, and gaue them power ouer vncleane spirits,

And commanded them that they should take nothing for their iourney, saue a staffe onely: neither scrip, neither bread, neither money in their girdles:

But that they should be shod with sandals, and that they should not put on two coates.

And he sayd vnto them, Wheresoeuer ye shall enter into an house, there abide till ye depart thence.

And whosoeuer shall not receiue you, nor heare you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust that is vnder your feete, for a witnes vnto them. Verely I say vnto you, It shalbe easier for Sodom, or Gomorrha at the day of iudgement, then for that citie.

Then called hee his twelue disciples together, and gaue them power and authoritie ouer all deuils, and to heale diseases.

And hee sent them foorth to preach the kingdome of God, and to cure the sicke.

And he sayd to them, Take nothing to your iourney, neither staues, nor scrip, neither bread, nor siluer, neither haue two coates apiece.

And whatsoeuer house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.

And howe many so euer will not receiue you, when ye goe out of that citie, shake off the very dust from your feete for a testimonie against them.

And yee are they which haue continued with me in my tentations.

Therefore I appoint vnto you a kingdome, as my Father hath appointed vnto me,

That ye may eate, and drinke at my table in my kingdome, and sit on seates, and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel.

So when they had dined, Iesus said to Simon Peter, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me more then these? He said vnto him, Yea Lord, thou knowest that I loue thee. He said vnto him, Feede my lambes.

He said to him againe the second time, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me? He said vnto him, Yea Lord, thou knowest that I loue thee. He said vnto him, Feede my sheepe.

He said vnto him the third time, Simon the sonne of Iona, louest thou me? Peter was sorie because he said to him the third time, Louest thou me? and said vnto him, Lord, thou knowest all things: thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus saide vnto him, Feede my sheepe.

Verely, verely I say vnto thee, When thou wast yong, thou girdedst thy selfe, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be olde, thou shalt stretch foorth thine hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldest not.

And this spake he signifying by what death he shoulde glorifie God. And when he had said this, he said to him, Folowe me.