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Mark 6:12

And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

KJV

καὶ ἐξελθόντες ἐκήρυξαν ἵνα μετανοῶσιν,

Greek NT

Et exeuntes prædicabant ut pœnitentiam agerent :

Vulgate

And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

ASV

And going forth they preached men should do penance:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

5 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κηρύσσω
kerusso
verb · 61×
μετανοέω
metanoeo
verb · 34×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐκήρυξαν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκήρυξαν | RP: ἐκήρυσσον
  • ἐκήρυξανSBLGNT
  • ἐκήρυξανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐκήρυσσονRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: μετανοῶσιν | WH/Treg/NIV: μετανοῶσιν | RP: μετανοήσωσιν
  • μετανοῶσινSBLGNT
  • μετανοῶσινWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • μετανοήσωσινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1506Christ invites his disciples to follow him by taking up their cross in their turn.113 By following him they acquire a new outlook on illness and the sick. Jesus associates them with his own life of poverty and service. He makes them share in his ministry of compassion and healing: "So they went out and preached that men should repent. and they cast out many demons, and anointed…

Cross-references

  • Acts 2:38 — Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
  • Acts 3:19 — Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
  • Acts 11:18 — When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
  • Acts 17:30 — And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
  • Acts 20:21 — Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 20:21 — Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
  • Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
  • Ezek 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
  • Heb 6:1 — Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
  • Luke 9:2 — And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
  • Luke 11:32 — The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
  • Luke 13:3 — I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
  • Luke 13:5 — I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
  • Luke 15:7 — I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
  • Luke 15:10 — Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
  • Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
  • Mark 1:15 — And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
  • Matt 3:2 — And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  • Matt 3:2 — And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  • Matt 3:8 — Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
  • Matt 4:17 — From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  • Matt 9:13 — But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
  • Matt 10:7 — And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  • Matt 11:20 — Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: