John 17:18

New American Bible - revised edition

As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.

Cross References

Matthew 10:5

Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.

Matthew 23:34

Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

John 17:21

so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.

John 17:23

I in them and you in me, that they may be brought to perfection as one, that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them even as you loved me.

John 17:25

Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me.

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

John 17:8

because the words you gave to me I have given to them, and they accepted them and truly understood that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.

John 20:21

[Jesus] said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

John 3:17

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

John 4:38

I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the work, and you are sharing the fruits of their work.”

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, as if God were appealing through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

Ephesians 3:7

Of this I became a minister by the gift of God’s grace that was granted me in accord with the exercise of his power.