Romans 10:5-17

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The Message of Salvation to All

⁵For ^(A)Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that ^(B)the person who does the commandments shall live by them. ⁶But ^(C)the righteousness based on faith says, ^(D)“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) ⁷“or ‘Who will descend into the ^(E)abyss?’” (that is, ^(F)to bring Christ up from the dead). ⁸But what does it say? ^(G)“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); ⁹because, if ^(H)you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and ^(I)believe in your heart ^(J)that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ¹⁰For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. ¹¹For the Scripture says, ^(K)“Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” ¹²^(L)For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; ^(M)for the same Lord is Lord of all, ^(N)bestowing his riches on all who call on him. ¹³For ^(O)“everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

¹⁴How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him ^(P)of whom they have never heard?^[a] And how are they to hear ^(Q)without someone preaching? ¹⁵And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ^(R)“How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” ¹⁶But ^(S)they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, ^(T)“Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” ¹⁷So ^(U)faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

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Romans 10:14 Or him whom they have never heard

Mark 16:14-20

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The Great Commission

¹⁴Afterward ^(A)he appeared ^(B)to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their ^(C)unbelief and ^(D)hardness of heart, because ^(E)they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. ¹⁵And he said to them, ^(F)“Go into all the world and ^(G)proclaim the gospel to ^(H)the whole creation. ¹⁶^(I)Whoever believes and is ^(J)baptized ^(K)will be saved, but ^(L)whoever ^(M)does not believe will be condemned. ¹⁷And ^(N)these signs will accompany those who believe: ^(O)in my name they will cast out demons; ^(P)they will speak in new tongues; ¹⁸^(Q)they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; ^(R)they will lay their hands ^(S)on the sick, and they will recover.”

¹⁹So then the Lord Jesus, ^(T)after he had spoken to them, ^(U)was taken up into heaven and ^(V)sat down at the right hand of God. ²⁰And they went out and preached everywhere, while ^(W)the Lord worked with them and confirmed ^(X)the message ^(Y)by accompanying signs.]]