John 17:18

New International Reader's Version

You sent me into the world. In the same way, I have sent them into the world.

Cross References

Matthew 10:5

Jesus sent these 12 out with the following orders. “Do not go among the Gentiles,” he said. “Do not enter any town of the Samaritans.

Matthew 23:34

So I am sending you prophets, wise people, and teachers. You will kill some of them. You will nail some to a cross. Others you will whip in your synagogues. You will chase them from town to town.

John 17:21

Father, I pray they will be one, just as you are in me and I am in you. I want them also to be in us. Then the world will believe that you have sent me.

John 17:23

I will be in them, just as you are in me. This is so that they may be brought together perfectly as one. Then the world will know that you sent me. It will also show the world that you have loved those you gave me, just as you have loved me.

John 17:25

“Father, you are holy. The world does not know you, but I know you. Those you have given me know you have sent me.

John 17:3

And what is eternal life? It is knowing you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 17:8

I gave them the words you gave me. And they accepted them. They knew for certain that I came from you. They believed that you sent me.

John 20:21

Again Jesus said, “May peace be with you! The Father has sent me. So now I am sending you.”

John 3:17

God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him.

John 4:38

I sent you to gather what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work. You have gathered the benefits of their work.”

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are Christ’s official messengers. It is as if God were making his appeal through us. Here is what Christ wants us to beg you to do. Come back to God!

Ephesians 3:7

I now serve the good news because God gave me his grace. His power is at work in me.