On the contrary, first to those at Damascus and Jerusalem, and then through the whole of Judea, and to the Gentiles as well, I began to preach repentance and conversion to God, and a life befitting that repentance.

They then fixed a day with him, and came to the place where he was staying, in even larger numbers, when Paul proceeded to lay the subject before them. He bore his testimony to the Kingdom of God, and tried to convince them about Jesus, by arguments drawn from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets--speaking from morning till evening.

Their sound

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ about you all, because the report of your faith is spreading throughout the world.

And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the world as a witness to all nations; and then will come the end.

I tell you, wherever, in the whole world, this Good News is proclaimed, what this woman has done will be told in memory of her."

Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the Faith of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

Then he said to them: "Go into all the world, and proclaim the Good News to all creation.

Bearing fruit and growing, as it does, through all the world, just as it did among you, from the very day that you heard of God's loving-kindness, and understood what that loving-kindness really is.

Unto the ends

The third time, the Devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and, showing him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor, said to him:

General references

But the Good News must first be proclaimed to every nation.

And all mankind shall see the Salvation of God."'