15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, (A)“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

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(A)How beautiful upon the mountains
    are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, (B)who brings good news of happiness,
    who publishes salvation,
    who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

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15 [a] (A)Behold, upon the mountains, (B)the feet of him
    who brings good news,
    who publishes peace!
(C)Keep your feasts, O Judah;
    (D)fulfill your vows,
(E)for never again shall the worthless pass through you;
    he is utterly cut off.

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Footnotes

  1. Nahum 1:15 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew

15 and, (A)as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.

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11 And (A)he gave the (B)apostles, the prophets, the (C)evangelists, the (D)shepherds[a] and teachers,[b] 12 (E)to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for (F)building up (G)the body of Christ,

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 4:11 Or pastors
  2. Ephesians 4:11 Or the shepherd-teachers

17 And he came and (A)preached peace to you who were (B)far off and peace to those who were (C)near.

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The Year of the Lord's Favor

61 (A)The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has (B)anointed me
to bring good news to the poor;[a]
    he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and (C)the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 61:1 Or afflicted
  2. Isaiah 61:1 Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind

To me, (A)though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, (B)to preach to the Gentiles the (C)unsearchable (D)riches of Christ,

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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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 28:19 Or into

32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, declares the Lord, and who tell them and (A)lead my people astray by their lies and their recklessness, when (B)I did not send them or charge them. So they do not profit this people at all, declares the Lord.

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The Greatness of God

Go on up to a high mountain,
    O Zion, (A)herald of good news;[a]
lift up your voice with strength,
    O Jerusalem, herald of good news;[b]
    lift it up, fear not;
say to the cities of Judah,
    “Behold your God!”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 40:9 Or O herald of good news to Zion
  2. Isaiah 40:9 Or O herald of good news to Jerusalem

12 (A)It was revealed to them that (B)they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you (C)by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, (D)things into which angels long to look.

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28 And (A)God has appointed in the church first (B)apostles, second (C)prophets, third teachers, then (D)miracles, then (E)gifts of healing, (F)helping, (G)administrating, and (H)various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

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21 And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you (A)far away to the Gentiles.’

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26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you (A)who fear God, to us has been sent (B)the message of (C)this salvation.

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While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, (A)the Holy Spirit said, (B)“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul (C)for the work to which I have called them.” Then after fasting and (D)praying they laid their hands on them and (E)sent them off.

Barnabas and Saul on Cyprus

So, being sent out (F)by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

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36 As for (A)the word that he sent to Israel, (B)preaching good news of (C)peace through Jesus Christ ((D)he is Lord of all),

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15 But the Lord said to him, “Go, for (A)he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name (B)before the Gentiles and (C)kings and the children of Israel.

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21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As (A)the Father has sent me, (B)even so I am sending you.”

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Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

10 After this the Lord appointed (A)seventy-two[a] others and (B)sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 10:1 Some manuscripts seventy; also verse 17

Women Accompanying Jesus

Soon afterward he went on (A)through cities and villages, proclaiming and (B)bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,

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10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all (A)the people.

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38 therefore (A)pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to (B)send out laborers into his harvest.”

The Twelve Apostles

10 (C)And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. (D)The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, (E)who is called Peter, and (F)Andrew his brother; (G)James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and (H)Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;[a] Simon the Zealot,[b] and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

Jesus Sends Out the Twelve Apostles

(I)These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of (J)the Samaritans, (K)but go rather to (L)the lost sheep of (M)the house of Israel.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 10:3 Some manuscripts Lebbaeus, or Lebbaeus called Thaddaeus
  2. Matthew 10:4 Greek kananaios, meaning zealot

19     (A)creating (B)the fruit of the lips.
(C)Peace, peace, (D)to the far and to the near,” says the Lord,
    (E)“and I will heal him.

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