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Forγὰρwhoeverὃςhas,ἔχειto himαὐτῷmore will be given;δοθήσεταιandκαὶwhoeverὃςdoes notοὐκhave,ἔχειevenκαὶwhatὃhe hasἔχειwill be taken awayἀρθήσεταιfromἀπ’him.”αὐτοῦ
Mark 4:25
Study it in the app“For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.””
With the Greek beneath
Mark 4:25, word by word
- hasἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- more will be givenδοθήσεταιdothēsetai
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “dothēsetai” appears- will be taken awayἀρθήσεταιarthēsetai
take away
To take something or someone away from its place.
Where else “arthēsetai” appears
The context
24And he was saying to them, “Watch what you hear. With the measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.
25 · This verse (above)
26And he was saying, “The kingdom of God is like this: as if a man should scatter the seed on the ground,
To study Mark 4 in a group
1. What it says
What happened in the boat when the storm came, and what did Jesus do (vv. 37–39)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by “whoever has ears to hear, let them hear” when telling the parable of the sower (vv. 3–9)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asked his disciples, “Why are you cowards?” (v. 40). What fear of today could you bring before him?