¹⁸ And Jesus came and said to them, ^(A)“All authority ^(B)in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ^19 (C)Go therefore and ^(D)make disciples of ^(E)all nations, ^(F)baptizing them ^(G)in^{[a] (H)}the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them ^(I)to observe all that ^(J)I have commanded you. And behold, ^(K)I am with you always, to ^(L)the end of the age.”

²¹ When they had preached the gospel to that city and had ^(A)made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, ^22 (B)strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ^(C)to continue in ^(D)the faith, and saying that ^(E)through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. ²³ And when they had ^(F)appointed ^(G)elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting ^(H)they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.