Mark 4:8

“And other seeds fell into the good soil and were giving fruit, growing up and increasing, and were bearing, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.””

Mark 4:8 · direct translation from the Greek
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Mark 4:8, word by word

other seedsἄλλαalla

other, another

Other, another.

Where else “alla” appears
fellἔπεσενepesen

fall

To go from above down to the ground.

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the goodκαλήνkalēn

beautiful

Lovely to look at.

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soilγῆνgēn

ground

What is underfoot, dry land.

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were givingἐδίδουedidou

pay

To hand over what is owed, or to yield fruit.

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fruitκαρπὸνkarpon

fruit

What a plant produces, which is harvested and eaten.

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growing upἀναβαίνονταanabainonta

spring up

To spring up, grow, or a thought to arise.

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increasingαὐξανόμεναauxanomena

grow

To become larger or stronger over time, like a plant or a child.

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were bearingἔφερενepheren

bear

For a plant to bear fruit, and so also a life.

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oneἓνhen

one

The quantity one, or a single one within a group.

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thirtyτριάκονταtriakonta

thirty

Thirty.

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sixtyἑξήκονταhexēkonta

sixty

Sixty.

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a hundredἑκατόνhekaton

hundred

One hundred.

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Parallel passages

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The parable of the sower

Matthew 13:1-9Luke 8:4-8

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Mark 4:1-9

1And again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathers around him, so that he got into a boat and sat on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2And he was teaching them many things in parables, and he was saying to them in his teaching, 3“Listen! Look, the sower went out to sow. 4And it happened as he sowed that some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5And other seed fell on the rocky ground, where it did not have much soil, and at once it sprang up, because it did not have depth of soil. 6And when the sun rose, it was scorched, and because it did not have root, it withered. 7And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit. 8And other seeds fell into the good soil and were giving fruit, growing up and increasing, and were bearing, one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred.” 9And he was saying, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Matthew 13:1-9

1On that day Jesus, going out of the house, was sitting beside the sea. 2And large crowds gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd was standing on the shore. 3And he told them many things in parables, saying, “Look, the sower went out to sow. 4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and ate them up. 5Other seeds fell on the rocky ground, where they did not have much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they did not have depth of soil. 6But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they did not have root, they withered. 7Other seeds fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them. 8And other seeds fell on the good soil and were producing fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 9The one who has ears, let him hear.”

Luke 8:4-8

4And when a large crowd was gathering and those from town after town were coming to him, he spoke by means of a parable: 5“The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled, and the birds of the sky ate it up. 6And other seed fell on the rock, and when it had grown, it withered because it had no moisture. 7And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it. 8And other seed fell into the good soil, and when it had grown, it produced fruit a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

The context

7And other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it gave no fruit.

8 · This verse (above)

9And he was saying, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Read all of Mark 4

To study Mark 4 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    What happened in the boat when the storm came, and what did Jesus do (vv. 37–39)?

  2. 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. 3. How I live it

    Jesus asked his disciples, “Why are you cowards?” (v. 40). What fear of today could you bring before him?

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