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Home Mark 16:15-18 NRSVue

Mark 16:15-18 NRSVue

15And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. 16The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned. 17And these signs will accompany those who believe: by using my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18they will pick up snakes, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

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Reflection on Mark 16:15-18

Inspiration from 2027-01-25 Daily Prayer

Today’s passage is often referred to as ‘the Great Commission’. Speaking to the disciples after his resurrection, Jesus sends them out into ‘all the world’ and to ‘the whole creation’. All of creation and all people are in need of good news that is life-giving. Transformed by their relationship with Jesus, the love of God will shine out in the actions of his followers.

The challenge of discipleship in every age is to encounter the world and people just as they are. The way in which Jesus reached out with compassion to heal and comfort is the model for our actions and interactions as we attempt to live the good news.

Further reflection

I consider how I might bring the blessing of good news to the people that I meet or think about.

The good news is not just for men and women, but is for the whole creation. I think of how I depend on God's complex creation and consider whether I am living in a way that is respectful of the world.

Jesus says, 'Go'; I extend my prayer beyond the limits of my concerns and pray for the wider world that I live in connection with.

I pray for healing for those parts of creation that are wounded and damaged, that have yet to learn of the good news that Jesus sends us to proclaim.

I proclaim the good news to the whole of creation by the way I live, by being a blessing to the world that God has made.