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Witnessing to All Nations

Mark 13:10

In 9 translations

BSB
And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.
KJV
And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
WEB
The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.
ASV
And the gospel must first be preached unto all the nations.
LSV
and to all the nations it is first necessary that the good news be proclaimed.
YLT
and to all the nations it behoveth first that the good news be proclaimed.
DBY
and the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.
DRC
And unto all nations the gospel must first be preached.
GNV
And the Gospel must first be published among all nations.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place πρῶτον elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: πρῶτον δεῖ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πρῶτον δεῖ; Robinson–Pierpont read δεῖ πρῶτον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη πρῶτον δεῖ κηρυχθῆναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον.
RP2018
Καὶ εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη δεῖ πρῶτον κηρυχθῆναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη δεῖ πρῶτον κηρυχθῆναι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον.
SCR1894
και εις παντα τα εθνη δει πρωτον κηρυχθηναι το ευαγγελιον

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
  • Colossians 1:23if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
  • Revelation 14:6Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
  • Mark 16:15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
  • Romans 10:18But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
  • Colossians 1:6that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.
  • Romans 1:8First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
  • Matthew 28:18–19Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy…
  • Romans 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.

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