Jesus gave these twelve apostles {\cf2\super [122]} some orders. Then he sent them \{to tell people about the kingdom\}. Jesus said, “Don’t go to the non-Jewish people. And don’t go into any town where the Samaritans {\cf2\super [123]} live.
John 17:18 - Easy To Read Version I have sent them into the world, the same as you sent me into the world. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. American Standard Version (1901) As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world. Common English Bible As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. Catholic Public Domain Version Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. |
Jesus gave these twelve apostles {\cf2\super [122]} some orders. Then he sent them \{to tell people about the kingdom\}. Jesus said, “Don’t go to the non-Jewish people. And don’t go into any town where the Samaritans {\cf2\super [123]} live.
So I tell you this: I send to you prophets {\cf2\super [355]} and wise men and teachers. You will kill some of these people. You will hang some of them on crosses. You will beat some of these people in your synagogues. {\cf2\super [356]} You will chase them from town to town.
Father, I pray that all people that believe in me can be one. You are in me and I am in you. I pray that these people can also be one in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
I will be in them, and you will be in me. So they will be completely one. Then the world will know that you sent me. And the world will know that you loved these people the same as you loved me.
Father, you are the One who is good. The world does not know you, but I know you. And these people know that you sent me.
And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that people can know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
I gave these men the teachings that you gave me. They accepted those teachings. They know that I truly came from you. And they believed that you sent me.
Then Jesus said again, “Peace be with you! The Father sent me. In the same way, I now send you.”
God sent his Son into the world. God did not send his Son to judge the world guilty. God sent his Son so that the world could be saved through his Son.
I sent you to harvest a crop that you did not work for. Other people did the work, and you get the profit from their work.”
By God’s special gift of grace (kindness), I became a servant to tell that Good News. {\cf2\super [24]} God gave me that grace by using his power.