*Marks verbs that are historical presents in the Greek which have been translated with an English past tense in order to conform to modern usage.
1Or proclaim

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

And he said to them, “Let’s go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach there too. This is why I have come.”

NLTNew Living Translation

But Jesus replied, “We must go on to other towns as well, and I will preach to them, too. That is why I came.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said to them, “Let us go elsewhere, into the neighboring rural towns, so that I can preach there also, because I have come out for this very reason.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.

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