Question: What have this verse and the one following it come to be known as: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost?
Answer: The Great Commission.
Comments: The last two verses in Matthew's gospel, Matthew 28:19-20, have been dubbed the Great Commission. In this passage, the resurrected Jesus commands his disciples to disperse and evangelize. This directive has served as a primary basis for Christian missionary activity since the religion's inception.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:19-20, NASB)
Due to its neglect, some critics have stated that it would be more accurate to call the charge the "Great Omission".
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