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15 Jesus said to his followers, "Go everywhere in the world, and tell the Good News to everyone.
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He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
16 Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved, but anyone who does not believe will be punished.
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Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
17 And those who believe will be able to do these things as proof: They will use my name to force out demons. They will speak in new languages.
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And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
18 They will pick up snakes and drink poison without being hurt. They will touch the sick, and the sick will be healed."
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they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
19 After the Lord Jesus said these things to his followers, he was carried up into heaven, and he sat at the right side of God.
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After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.
20 The followers went everywhere in the world and told the Good News to people, and the Lord helped them. The Lord proved that the Good News they told was true by giving them power to work miracles.]
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Then the disciples went out and preached everywhere, and the Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.
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