English Standard Version ESV
The Message Bible MSG
18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
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Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: "God authorized and commanded me to commission you:
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
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Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
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Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I'll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age."
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