Mark 14:9

And truly I say to you, Wherever the good news goes out through all the earth, what this woman has done will be talked of in memory of her.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Verily 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.

In Context

8She has done what she was able: she has put oil on my body to make it ready for its last resting-place.

10And Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might give him up to them.

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Cross References

Psalms 112:6He will not ever be moved; the memory of the upright will be living for ever.

Matthew 24:14And this good news of the kingdom will be given through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end will come.

Mark 16:15And he said to them, Go into all the world, and give the good news to everyone.

Matthew Henry on Mark 14:2-12

Christ Anointed at Bethany; Judas Engages to Betray Christ. 1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. 3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.… Read the whole commentary →

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