In His own words:
Matthew 5:17 - Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.
Matthew 18:11 - For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.
Matthew 20:28 - just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
Mark 1:38 - But He said to them, "Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth."
Luke 4:18-21 - "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed; 19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." 20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."
John 9:39 - And Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind."
John 10:10 - The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
John 12:46 - I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.
[Quotes from NKJV]
Mission according to Jesus
jesus send me on a mission
Jesus' mission was complete at Golgotha where he was eventually executed.
Jesus knew his fathers mission right from the start.
The mission of Jesus is to come to earth once again , to judge mankind.
yes. they are the main carriers of jesus' mission today
to spread the mission and good news of Jesus.
Jesus miracles were in one way related to his mission of discipleship to the human race.
Jesus mission was to bring salvation to mankind through His word. His teachings was that of love and salvation.
Jesus did not have a mission at pentecosst. He is - the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. (Revalation 13.8). The 'mission at pentecost', i think refers to the revelation of the Holy Spitit, which Jesus sent as a Comforter to his disciples.
the apostles
it follows Jesus words and spreads it out