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AndΚαὶhe was saying,ἔλεγεν“The kingdomἡ βασιλείαof Godτοῦ θεοῦisἐστὶνlike this:Οὕτωςas ifὡςa manἄνθρωποςshould scatterβάλῃthe seedτὸν σπόρονonἐπὶthe ground,τῆς γῆς
Mark 4:26
Study it in the app“And he was saying, “The kingdom of God is like this: as if a man should scatter the seed on the ground,”
The kingdom grows like a seed, and the sower does not know howThe Kingdom of God
With the Greek beneath
Mark 4:26, word by word
- he was sayingἔλεγενelegen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “elegen” appears- “The kingdomβασιλείαbasileia
kingdom of God
God's rule, which comes with Jesus.
Where else “basileia” appears- of Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- isἐστὶνestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- a manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos
someone
Any person, without saying who, as in the parables.
Where else “anthrōpos” appears- should scatterβάλῃbalēi
throw
To hurl something or someone away from oneself.
Where else “balēi” appears- the seedσπόρονsporon
seed, sowing
Seed; sowing.
Where else “sporon” appears- the groundγῆςgēs
ground
What is underfoot, dry land.
Where else “gēs” appears
The context
25For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
26 · This verse (above)
27and sleep and rise night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows tall, he does not know how.
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?