Mark 16:15

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

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He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

BSB

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

KJV

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

ASV

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.

BBE

And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

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Καὶ Kai And G2532 εἶπεν eipen He said G2036 αὐτοῖς autois to them G846 πορευθέντες poreuthentes Having gone G4198 εἰς eis into G1519 τὸν ton the G3588 κόσμον kosmon world G2889 ἅπαντα hapanta all G537 κηρύξατε kēruxate do proclaim G2784 τὸ to the G3588 εὐαγγέλιον euangelion gospel G2098 πάσῃ pasē to all G3956 τῇ tēa the G3588 κτίσει ktisei creation G2937

The early church

(ubi sup.) After rebuking the hardness of their hearts, let us hear the words of advice which He speaks. For it goes on: Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. Every man must be understood by every creature; for man partakes something of every creature; he has existence as have stones, life as trees, feeling as animals, understanding as have Angels. For the Gospel is preached to every creature, because he is taught by it, for whose sake all are created, whom all things are in some way like, and from whom therefore they are not alien. By the name of every creature also every nation of the Gentiles may be meant. For it had been said before, Go not into the way of the Gentiles. (Matt. 10:5) But now it is said, Preach the Gospel to every creature, so that the preaching of the Apostles which was thrust aside by Judæa, might be an assistance to us, since Judæa had haughtily rejected it, thus witnessing to her own damnation.
Gregory the Dialogist · d. 604Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)
Or else; to every creature, that is, whether believing or unbelieving.
Theophylact of Ohrid · d. 1107Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–18

The evidences of the truth of the gospel are so full, that those who receive it not, may justly be upbraided with their unbelief. Our blessed Lord renewed his choice of the eleven as his apostles, and commissioned them to go into all the world, to preach his gospel to every creature. Only he that is a true Christian shall be saved through Christ. Simon Magus professed to believe, and was baptized, yet he was declared to be in the bonds of iniquity: see his history in Ac 8:13-25. Doubtless this is a solemn declaration of that true faith which receives Christ in all his characters and offices, and for all the purposes of salvation, and which produces its right effect on the heart and life; not a mere assent, which is a dead faith, and cannot profit. The commission of Christ's ministers extends to every creature throughout the world, and the declarations of the gospel contain not only truths, encouragements, and precepts, but also most awful warnings. Observe what power the apostles should be endued with, for confirming the doctrine they were to preach. These were miracles to confirm the truth of the gospel, and means of spreading the gospel among nations that had not heard it.

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