66 Bible Verses about Mission, Of Jesus Christ

knowing that not with perishable things, silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain manner of life received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot; who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but manifested in these last times for you,

this man, being delivered up by the settled purpose and foreknowledge of God, ye, by the hand of godless men, crucified and slew.

according as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him; having in love predestinated us for himself to be adopted as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will,

but when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, to redeem those under the Law, that we might be adopted as sons.

And the Father who sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form. And ye have not his word abiding in you; for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me.

Jesus said to them, If God were your father, ye would love me; for from God I proceeded forth and am come; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

say ye of him whom the Father sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?

for I have given to them the words which thou hast given me; and they received them, and knew surely that I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send me.

And we have seen and bear witness, that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

Yea, let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God, but made himself of no consideration, taking the form of a servant, and becoming like men;read more.
and in what appertained to him appearing as a man, he humbled himself, and was obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

For God so loved the world, that he gave the only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him may not perish, but may have everlasting life.

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

No one hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath made him known.

Jesus saith to him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how is it that thou sayest, Show us the Father?

And I made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of the whole creation;

God, who at different times and in different ways spoke of old to the fathers by the prophets, hath at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, by whom he also made the worlds, who being a brightness from his glory and an image of his being, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself accomplished a cleansing of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

Pilate therefore said to him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest what is true; for I am a king. For this end have I been born, and for this cause have I come into the world, that I may bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth listeneth to my voice.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching. For he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes.

Truly, truly do I say to thee, We speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how will ye believe if I tell you heavenly things? And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of man.

But he said to them, I must publish the good tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; because for this I was sent forth.

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

But after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the glad tidings of God, [saying,] The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the glad tidings.

But if I cast out the demons through the Spirit of God, then hath the kingdom of God already come to you.

But if I cast out the demons through the finger of God, then hath the kingdom of God already come to you.

for the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

And all the publicans and the sinners were drawing near to him, to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. And he spoke to them this parable, saying,read more.
What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninetynine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he findeth it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he hath come home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. I say to you, that in like manner there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninetynine righteous men who have no need of repentance. Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search carefully till she findeth it? And when she hath found it, she calleth together her friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I lost. I say to you, that thus there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

And she will bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he will save his people from their sins.

whom, in his blood, through faith, God hath set forth as a propitiatory sacrifice, in order to manifest his righteousness, on account of his passing by, in his forbearance, the sins committed in former times; in order to manifest his righteousness at the present time, so that he may be righteous, and accept as righteous him who hath faith.

True is the saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

He that committeth sin is of the Devil; for the Devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the Devil.

Now is the judgment of this world; now will the prince of this world be cast out;

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner shared in the same, that through death he might bring to nought him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil, and might deliver those who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

The thief cometh not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I came that they might have life, and have abundance.

for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who looketh on the Son and believeth in him, shall have everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.

according as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that he should give everlasting life to all whom thou hast given him. And this is the everlasting life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send.

for through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

in whom we have our boldness and our access in confidence, through faith in him.

Having therefore, brethren, boldness for entrance into the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, a new and living way, which he consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, his flesh,

For if by one trespass death reigned through the one man, much more will they who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.) As then through one trespass all men have come under condemnation, so through one act of righteousness all obtain the gift of righteousness unto life.

For since through man came death, through man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ will all be made alive.

And I on my part say to thee, that thou art Peter, a rock, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it.

And he came and brought the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off, and of peace to those that were near; for through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. So then ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but are fellowcitizens with the saints, and members of the household of God,

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it, that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the bath of the water in the word; that he himself might present to himself the church, glorious, having no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.

To whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but in the sight of God chosen, honored, be ye yourselves also, as living stones, built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

These twelve Jesus sent forth, when he had charged them, saying, Go not away to gentiles, and enter not any city of the Samaritans; but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But he answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

He came to his own, and his own received him not.

And I say to you, that many will come from the east and the west, and recline at table with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring; and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.

When Jesus heard this, he marveled, and said to those who followed, Truly do I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found such faith.

And Jesus hearing this, wondered at him; and turning round said to the multitude that followed him, I say to you, Not even in Israel have I found such faith.

Then Jesus answering said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it done to thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was cured from that hour.

And he said to her, For this saying go thy way; the demon hath gone out of thy daughter.

But ye will receive power when the Holy Spirit hath come upon you; and ye will be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

delivering thee from the people, and from the gentiles, to whom I send thee, to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me.

even as the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

for even the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.

From that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and rise again on the third day.

And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days rise again;

saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and rise again on the third day.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how is my soul troubled, till it be accomplished!

blotting out the handwriting in ordinances that was against us, which was opposed to us, he hath taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; and having disarmed principalities and powers, he made a public show of them, and led them captive in triumph in him.