Matthew 28:20
Matthew 28:20 closes Jesus' final commission with a call to teach obedience and a promise of ongoing presence. It gives followers of Jesus both a clear responsibility and steady assurance as they carry his message into the world.
In this verse, Jesus tells his followers to teach new disciples to live according to everything he has commanded. The focus is not only on making converts, but on forming learners who obey his words. He ends with a reassuring promise that he will be with them always, continuing through every season and reaching to the end of the age. The verse joins instruction and comfort, showing that Christian mission is carried out with Jesus' presence, not in human strength alone.
Matthew 28 closes the Gospel after Jesus' resurrection. In the surrounding verses, the risen Christ meets his disciples in Galilee, speaks of his authority, and sends them to make disciples of all nations. Verse 20 completes that charge by describing how disciples are to be taught and by anchoring the mission in Jesus' continuing presence.
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17When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.19Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
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