Matthew 28:11-20

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The Report of the Guard

¹¹While they were going, behold, some of ^(A)the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. ¹²And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers ¹³and said, “Tell people, ^(B)‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ ¹⁴And if this comes to ^(C)the governor's ears, we will ^(D)satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” ¹⁵So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews ^(E)to this day.

The Great Commission

¹⁶Now the eleven disciples ^(F)went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. ¹⁷And when they saw him they ^(G)worshiped him, but some doubted. ¹⁸And Jesus came and said to them, ^(H)“All authority ^(I)in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹^(J)Go therefore and ^(K)make disciples of ^(L)all nations, ^(M)baptizing them ^(N)in^[a] ^(O)the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰teaching them ^(P)to observe all that ^(Q)I have commanded you. And behold, ^(R)I am with you always, to ^(S)the end of the age.”

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Footnotes

Matthew 28:19 Or into

Psalm 66

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How Awesome Are Your Deeds

To the choirmaster. A Song. A Psalm.

66 ^(A)Shout for joy to God, all the earth;
²    sing the glory of his name;
    ^(B)give to him glorious praise!
³Say to God, ^(C)“How awesome are your deeds!
    So great is your power that your enemies ^(D)come cringing to you.
⁴^(E)All the earth worships you
    and sings praises to you;
    they sing praises to your name.” Selah

⁵^(F)Come and see what God has done:
    ^(G)he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
⁶He ^(H)turned the sea into dry land;
    they ^(I)passed through the river on foot.
There did we rejoice in him,
⁷    who rules by his might forever,
whose ^(J)eyes keep watch on the nations—
    let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

⁸Bless our God, O peoples;
    let the sound of his praise be heard,
⁹who has kept our soul among the living
    and ^(K)has not let our feet slip.
¹⁰For you, O God, have ^(L)tested us;
    you have tried us as silver is tried.
¹¹You brought us into ^(M)the net;
    you laid a crushing burden on our backs;
¹²you let men ^(N)ride over our heads;
    we went through fire and through ^(O)water;
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

¹³I will come into your house with burnt offerings;
    I will ^(P)perform my vows to you,
¹⁴that which my lips uttered
    and my mouth promised ^(Q)when I was in trouble.
¹⁵I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,
    with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;
I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah

¹⁶^(R)Come and hear, all you who fear God,
    and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
¹⁷I cried to him with my mouth,
    and high praise was on^[a] my tongue.^[b]
¹⁸If I had ^(S)cherished iniquity in my heart,
    ^(T)the Lord would not have listened.
¹⁹But truly ^(U)God has listened;
    he has attended to the voice of my prayer.