Matthew 24:14 - Witnessing to All Nations (2024)

New International Version
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.New Living Translation
And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come.English Standard Version
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.Berean Standard Bible
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.Berean Literal Bible
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole earth, for a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come.King James Bible
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.New King James Version
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.New American Standard Bible
This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.NASB 1995
“This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.NASB 1977
“And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come.Legacy Standard Bible
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be proclaimed in the whole world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.Amplified Bible
This good news of the kingdom [the gospel] will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end [of the age] will come.Christian Standard Bible
This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.Holman Christian Standard Bible
This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world as a testimony to all nations. And then the end will come. American Standard Version
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And this gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for the testimony of all the nations and then the end will come.Contemporary English Version
When the good news about the kingdom has been preached all over the world and told to all nations, the end will come. Douay-Rheims Bible
And this gospel of the kingdom, shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all nations, and then shall the consummation come. English Revised Version
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.GOD'S WORD® Translation
"This Good News about the kingdom will be spread throughout the world as a testimony to all nations. Then the end will come.Good News Translation
And this Good News about the Kingdom will be preached through all the world for a witness to all people; and then the end will come. International Standard Version
And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come."Literal Standard Version
and this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations, and then will the end arrive.Majority Standard Bible
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.New American Bible
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a witness to all nations, and then the end will come. NET Bible
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. New Revised Standard Version
And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the world, as a testimony to all the nations; and then the end will come.New Heart English Bible
This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.Webster's Bible Translation
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come.Weymouth New Testament
And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; and then the End will come.World English Bible
This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. Young's Literal Translation
and this good news of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end arrive.Additional Translations ...

(14) Shall be preached in all the world.--The words must not be strained beyond the meaning which they would have for those who heard them, and they were certain to see in "all the world" (literally, the inhabited earth, as in Luke 2:1; Acts 11:28) neither more nor less than the Roman empire; and it was true, as a matter of fact, that there was hardly a province of the empire in which the faith of Christ had not been preached before the destruction of Jerusalem. Special attention should be given to the words, "a witness unto all the nations," i.e., to all the Gentiles, as an implicit sanction of the work of which St. Paul was afterwards the great representative. So taken, the words prepare the way for the great mission of Matthew 28:19.

Verse 14. - This gospel of the kingdom. The good news of the coming of Messiah's kingdom - what we call in short, "the gospel" - "that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself" (2 Corinthians 5:19). He calls it "this" (Matthew 26:13), because it is that which he preached, which it was the object of his incarnation to set forth. In all the world (e)n o%lh"" th = "" oi)koume/nh"", in all the inhabited earth). Before the taking of Jerusalem, the gospel had been carried into all parts of the then known world. We have very uncertain information about the labours of most of the apostles, but if we may judge of their extent from what we know of St. Paul's, we should say that very few quarters of the Roman world were left unvisited. "Their sound went out into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the inhabited world" (Romans 10:18). St. Paul testifies that the gospel was preached to every kingdom under heaven (Colossians 1:6, 23). He himself carried it to Arabia, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, Illyricum, Rome, Spain (see Romans 15:19, 24, 28; Galatians 1:17; Philippians 1:13, etc.). A witness unto all [the] nations. That both Jews and Gentiles might have the opportunity of receiving or rejecting Christ. The witness should be for or against them according to the use made of this opportunity. If the gospel thus delivered contained this utterance of our Lord's, the fulfilment of the predictions would lead to belief in him, and could fail to win acceptance only by reason of invincible prejudice or wilful perversity. Shortly, the truth is that the gospel will be everywhere offered, but not everywhere received. And then, when all these signs, especially the one last named, shall have appeared, shall the end come, primarily of Jerusalem, secondarily of this world or this age. Nothing is said of the effect of missionary efforts in early days or in time to come. We know that there was no national conversion in the primitive era, however common individual conversion may have been. So in the present age we are not to expect more than that Christian missions shall reach the uttermost parts of the earth, and that all nations shall have the offer of salvation, before the final appearance of Christ. The success of these efforts at universal evangelization is a mournful problem. "When the Son of man cometh, shall he find the faith upon the earth?" (Luke 18:8). Parallel Commentaries ...

Greek

And
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

this
τοῦτο (touto)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

gospel
εὐαγγέλιον (euangelion)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2098: From the same as euaggelizo; a good message, i.e. The gospel.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

kingdom
βασιλείας (basileias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 932: From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. rule, or a realm.

will be preached
κηρυχθήσεται (kērychthēsetai)
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2784: To proclaim, herald, preach. Of uncertain affinity; to herald, especially divine truth.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

all
ὅλῃ (holē)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3650: All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

world
οἰκουμένῃ (oikoumenē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3625: Feminine participle present passive of oikeo; land, i.e. The globe; specially, the Roman empire.

as
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

a testimony
μαρτύριον (martyrion)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3142: Neuter of a presumed derivative of martus; something evidential, i.e. evidence given or, the Decalogue.

to all
πᾶσιν (pasin)
Adjective - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3956: All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.

nations,
ἔθνεσιν (ethnesin)
Noun - Dative Neuter Plural
Strong's 1484: Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

then
τότε (tote)
Adverb
Strong's 5119: Then, at that time. From ho and hote; the when, i.e. At the time that.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

end
τέλος (telos)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5056: (a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax.

will come.
ἥξει (hēxei)
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2240: To have come, be present, have arrived. A primary verb; to arrive, i.e. Be present.

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