KJV King James Version
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, [there] shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
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Matthew 26:13
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, [there] shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
WEB World English Bible
Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”
ASV American Standard Version
Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Verily I say to you, Wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what this one did shall also be spoken of—for a memorial of her.’
Surrounding context — Matthew 26
10 When Jesus understood [it], he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did [it] for my burial.
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, [there] shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
15 And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἈμὴνG281 · amēnamenλέγωG3004 · legōto sayὑμῖν·G4771 · suyouὅπουG3699 · hopouwhere(-ever)ἐὰνG1437 · eanifκηρυχθῇG2784 · kērussōto preachτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoεὐαγγέλιονG2098 · euangeliongospelτοῦτοG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongὅλῳG3650 · holosallτῷG3588 · hothe/this/whoκόσμῳ,G2889 · kosmosworldλαληθήσεταιG2980 · laleōto speakκαὶG2532 · kaiandὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichἐποίησενG4160 · poieōto do/make: doαὕτηG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itεἰςG1519 · eistowardμνημόσυνονG3422 · mnēmosunonmemorialαὐτῆς.¶G846 · autosit/s/he
Cross-references
Mark 14:9Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, [this] also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.Psalm 112:6Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.Isaiah 52:9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.1 Samuel 2:30Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed [that] thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.Psalm 98:2-3The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.Romans 10:18But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.Hebrews 6:10For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.Colossians 1:23If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be] not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;1 Timothy 2:6Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.Revelation 14:6And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,Matthew 28:19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:Luke 24:47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.Mark 16:15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.2 Corinthians 10:18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.Mark 13:10And the gospel must first be published among all nations.Romans 15:19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.Colossians 1:6Which is come unto you, as [it is] in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since the day ye heard [of it], and knew the grace of God in truth:
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