Bible Verses About Missions: General references

Then the King of Asshur commanded, saying, Carie thither one of the Priestes whome ye brought thence, and let him goe and dwell there, and teache them the maner of the God of the countrey.

So one of the Priestes, which they had caryed from Samaria, came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught them how they shoulde feare the Lord.

Sing vnto the Lord all the earth: declare his saluation from day to day.

Declare his glory among the nations, and his wonderful workes among all people.

Therefore I will prayse thee, O Lord, among the nations, and wil sing vnto thy Name.

Declare his glory among all nations, and his wonders among all people.

Say among the nations, The Lord reigneth: surely the world shalbe stable, and not moue, and he shall iudge the people in righteousnesse.

I will say to the North, Giue: and to the South, Keepe not backe: bring my sonnes from farre, and my daughters from the ends of the earth.

Euery one shall be called by my Name: for I created him for my glorie, formed him and made him.

And the worde of the Lord came vnto Ionah the seconde time, saying,

Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, and preach vnto it the preaching, which I bid thee.

So Ionah arose and went to Nineueh according to ye word of the Lord: now Nineueh was a great and excellent citie of three dayes iourney.

And Ionah began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney, and he cryed, and said, Yet fourtie dayes, and Nineueh shalbe ouerthrowen.

So the people of Nineueh beleeued God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from ye greatest of the euen to the least of them.

For worde came vnto the King of Nineueh, and he rose from his throne, and he layed his robe from him, and couered him with sackecloth, and sate in ashes.

And he proclaimed and said through Nineueh, (by the counsell of ye king and his nobles) saying, Let neither man, nor beast, bullock nor sheep taste any thing, neither feed nor drinke water.

But let man and beast put on sackecloth, and crie mightily vnto God: yea, let euery man turne from his euill way, and from the wickednesse that is in their handes.

Who can tell if God will turne, and repent and turne away from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?

And this Gospel of the kingdome shalbe preached through the whole world for a witnes vnto all nations, and then shall the end come.

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

And the Gospel must first be published among all nations.

And he saide vnto them, Goe ye into all the worlde, and preach the Gospel to euery creature.

And that repentance, and remission of sinnes should be preached in his Name among all nations, beginning at Hierusalem.

Nowe ye are witnesses of these things.

On the morow as they went on their iourney, and drew neere vnto the citie, Peter went vp vpon the house to pray, about the sixt houre.