The Great Commission

¹⁶ But the eleven disciples proceeded ^(A)to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated to them. ¹⁷ And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but ^(B)some ^[a]were doubtful. ¹⁸ And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “^(C)All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. ^19 [b](D)Go, therefore, and ^(E)make disciples of ^(F)all the nations, ^(G)baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to ^[c]follow all that I commanded you; and behold, ^(H)I am with you ^[d]always, to ^(I)the end of the age.”

²⁸ And they approached the village where they were going, and ^(A)He gave the impression that He was going farther. ²⁹ And so they strongly urged Him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day ^[a]is now nearly over.” So He went in to stay with them. ³⁰ And it came about, when He had reclined at the table with them, that He took the bread and ^(B)blessed it, and He broke it and began giving it to them. ³¹ And then their ^(C)eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from ^[b]their sight. ³² They said to one another, “^[c]Were our hearts not burning within us when He was speaking to us on the road, while He ^(D)was ^[d]explaining the Scriptures to us?” ³³ And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and ^(E)found the eleven gathered together and ^(F)those who were with them, ³⁴ saying, “^(G)The Lord has really risen and ^(H)has appeared to Simon!” ³⁵ They began to relate ^[e]their experiences on the road, and how ^(I)He was recognized by them at the breaking of the bread.

Other Appearances

³⁶ Now while they were telling these things, ^(J)Jesus Himself suddenly stood in their midst and *said to them, “Peace be to you.” ³⁷ But they were startled and frightened, and thought that they were looking at ^(K)a spirit. ³⁸ And He said to them, “Why are you frightened, and why are doubts arising in your ^[f]hearts? ^39 (L)See My hands and My feet, that ^[g]it is I Myself; ^(M)touch Me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you plainly see that I have.” ⁴⁰ And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. ⁴¹ While they still ^[h](N)could not believe it because of their joy and astonishment, He said to them, “^(O)Have you anything here to eat?” ⁴² They served Him a piece of broiled fish; ⁴³ and He took it and ^(P)ate it in front of them.

⁴⁴ Now He said to them, “^(Q)These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all the things that are written about Me in the ^(R)Law of Moses and the Prophets and ^(S)the Psalms must be fulfilled.” ⁴⁵ Then He ^(T)opened their ^[i]minds to understand the Scriptures, ⁴⁶ and He said to them, “^(U)So it is written, that the ^[j]Christ would suffer and ^(V)rise from the dead on the third day, ⁴⁷ and that ^(W)repentance ^[k]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ^[l]in His name to ^(X)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. ⁴⁸ You are ^(Y)witnesses of these things. ⁴⁹ And behold, ^(Z)I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but ^(AA)you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

The Ascension

⁵⁰ And He led them out as far as ^(AB)Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. ⁵¹ While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. ⁵² And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, ⁵³ and were continually in the temple ^[m]praising God.

Jesus among His Disciples

¹⁹ Now when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were ^[a]shut where the disciples were together due to ^(A)fear of the ^[b]Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and *said to them, “^(B)Peace be to you.” ²⁰ And when He had said this, ^(C)He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then ^(D)rejoiced when they saw the Lord. ²¹ So Jesus said to them again, “^(E)Peace be to you; ^(F)just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” ²² And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ^23 (G)If you forgive the sins of any, their sins ^[c]have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”

²⁴ But ^(H)Thomas, one of ^(I)the twelve, who was called ^[d](J)Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in ^(K)His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, ^(L)I will not believe.”