Matthew 24:14

24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, ¹  and then the end will come.

Matthew 26:13

26:13 I tell you the truth, ²  wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Matthew 4:23

Jesus’ Healing Ministry

4:23 Jesus ³  went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, ⁴  preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 9:35

Workers for the Harvest

9:35 Then Jesus went throughout all the towns ⁵  and villages, teaching in their synagogues, ⁶  preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness. ⁷ 

[24:14]  ¹ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “nations” or “Gentiles”).

[26:13]  ² tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”

[4:23]  ³ tn Grk “And he.”

[4:23]  ⁴ sn Synagogues were places for Jewish prayer and worship, with recognized leadership (cf. Luke 8:41). Though the origin of the synagogue is not entirely clear, it seems to have arisen in the postexilic community during the intertestamental period. A town could establish a synagogue if there were at least ten men. In normative Judaism of the NT period, the OT scripture was read and discussed in the synagogue by the men who were present (see the Mishnah, m. Megillah 3-4; m. Berakhot 2).

[9:35]  ⁴ tn Or “cities.”

[9:35]  ⁵ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[9:35]  ⁶ tn Grk “and every [kind of] sickness.” Here “every” was not repeated in the translation for stylistic reasons.