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And Jesus spoke to them, saying: "All power 5 is given to Me in
Heaven and on earth. Go ye, therefore, into the whole world, and teach ye all nations. Preach the
Gospel to every creature, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. He that believeth and
is baptized, shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall be condemned. And these signs shall
follow them that believe: In My Name they shall cast out devils. They shall speak with new tongues
They shall take up serpents, and if they shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them.
They shall lay their hands upon the sick, and they shall recover. And behold I am with you all
days, even to the consummation of the world."

And He led them out as far as Bethania. And He commanded them, that they should not depart from
Jerusalem, saying: "Stay you in the city till you be endued with power from on high, and I send the
promise of My Father upon you. Wait for the promise of the Father,6 which you have heard by My
mouth. For John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not
many days hence."

They therefore who were come together, asked Him, saying: "Lord, wilt Thou at this time restore
again the kingdom to Israel?" But He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or
moments, which the Father hath put in His own power. But you shall receive the power of the Holy
Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be witnesses unto Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and
Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth."

5 All power: See here the warrant and commission of the Apostles and their successors, the
bishops and pastors of Christ's Church. He received from His Father all power in Heaven and on
earth, and in virtue of this power, He sends them (even as His Father sent Him- Jn. 20:21) to
teach and make disciples of, not one, but all nations; and to instruct them in all truths. And in
order that He may assist them effectually in the execution of this commission, He promises to be
with them, not for three or four hundred years only, but all days, even to the consummation of the
world.
6 The promise of the Father: That is, the Holy Ghost, Whom Christ had
promised that His Father and He would send (Jn. 14:26 and 17:7).