Matthew 26:13

¹¹ The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.

¹² By pouring this perfume on Me, she has prepared My body for burial.

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.”

¹⁴ Then one of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

¹⁵ and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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: 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.
DARBY: Verily I say to you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached in the whole world, that also which this [woman] has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
BLB: Truly I say to you⁺, wherever this gospel shall be proclaimed in the whole world, that which she did will also be spoken of, for a memorial of her.”

ÅB: I sannhet sier jeg dere at over alt der dette evangeliet forkynnes i hele verden, skal også det hun gjorde bli fortalt til minne om henne.»
OTB: Sannelig, jeg sier dere, hvor enn dette evangeliet blir forkynt i hele verden, skal det hun har gjort også bli fortalt til minne om henne.”
B1930: Sannelig sier jeg eder: Hvor som helst dette evangelium forkynnes i all verden, skal også det hun gjorde, omtales til minne om henne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Mark 14:9
And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
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Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
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Psalms 112:6
Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
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Isaiah 52:9
Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
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Psalms 98:2–3
The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
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1 Samuel 2:30
Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
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Mark 13:10
And the gospel must first be proclaimed to all the nations.
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Romans 15:19
by 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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