Matthew 24:14
Matthew 24:1414And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
JWs cite as evidence that only the Watchtower is performing the worldwide preaching work Jesus commanded, making the organisation identifiable by this fruit. The verse is central to JW self-identity: door-to-door ministry across 240 lands is presented as the fulfilment of Jesus' prophecy. The scale of the preaching programme is offered as proof that Jehovah's Witnesses are God's chosen channel.
— written before AD 70 — declares the gospel had already been "proclaimed in all creation under heaven." Paul considered fulfilled in his own lifetime, before the destruction of Jerusalem. Worldwide preaching also predates the Watchtower by centuries: Protestant missionary societies, Catholic orders, Bible translation organisations, and underground church networks have all engaged in global gospel proclamation since the Reformation. is the test Jesus actually gives for identifying true followers — "by their fruits you will recognise them" — and those fruits are the character qualities of the Spirit (), not the scale of an evangelistic programme. Activity in Jesus' name () is not the same as the mark Jesus himself gives for identification.