Genesis 12:1-3

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The Call of Abram

12 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household^(A) to the land^(B) I will show you.^(C)

²“I will make you into a great nation,^(D)
    and I will bless you;^(E)
I will make your name great,
    and you will be a blessing.^[a]^(F)
³I will bless those who bless you,
    and whoever curses you I will curse;^(G)
and all peoples on earth
    will be blessed through you.^(H)”^[b]

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Genesis 12:2 Or be seen as blessed
Genesis 12:3 Or earth / will use your name in blessings (see 48:20)

Exodus 19:5-6

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⁵Now if you obey me fully^(A) and keep my covenant,^(B) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.^(C) Although the whole earth^(D) is mine, ⁶you^[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests^(E) and a holy nation.’^(F) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”

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Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. ⁶You

Matthew 28:18-20

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¹⁸Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.^(A) ¹⁹Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,^(B) baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,^(C) ²⁰and teaching^(D) them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you^(E) always, to the very end of the age.”^(F)