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Proverbs 1:20-21
Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares.She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words:
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Luke 24:47
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
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Romans 15:18-21
For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another’s foundation.But, as it is written,“ They will see, to whom no news of him came. They who haven’t heard will understand.”
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Proverbs 9:1-3
Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.She has prepared her meat. She has mixed her wine. She has also set her table.She has sent out her maidens. She cries from the highest places of the city:
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Isaiah 55:1-3
“ Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.Why do you spend money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which doesn’t satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in richness.Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
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Acts 22:21
“ He said to me,‘ Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”
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John 7:37
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out,“ If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
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Isaiah 49:1-6
Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.He said to me,“ You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”But I said,“ I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God.”Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.Indeed, he says,“ It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
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Mark 13:10
The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.
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Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”
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Matthew 3:3
For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying,“ The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”
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Matthew 4:17
From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say,“ Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
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Mark 16:15-16
He said to them,“ Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
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Matthew 28:19-20
Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
