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Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
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baptizing them in the name of the Father,
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and of the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
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and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you
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and remember I am with you always to the end of the ages."
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That's a very famous verse that's called "the Great Commission"
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because this is Jesus telling his disciples after his resurrection,
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go out and proclaim the Gospel throughout the earth, not just to the Jews.
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All these things make Matthew look very familiar even to people
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who may not know much about Christianity
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because this is stuff that you see in our culture over again.
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Matthew, therefore, is at the same time unfamiliar to people