Mark 4:26–29
The kingdom grows like a seed, and the sower does not know how
Study it word by word26And he was saying, “The kingdom of God is like this: as if a man should scatter the seed on the ground,
27and sleep and rise night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows tall, he does not know how.
28By itself the earth bears fruit, first the blade, then the head, then the full grain in the head.
29But when the grain permits, at once he sends in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
In its 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.
25For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
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30And he was saying, “How shall we compare the kingdom of God, or in what parable shall we put it?
31It is like a grain of mustard, which, when it is sown on the ground, is smaller than all the seeds that are on the earth;
Its words in the original
- ἔλεγενelegen· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ἐστὶνestin· be
Be, exist.
- βασιλείαbasileia· kingdom
Kingdom: the reign of a king and the place where he reigns. "The kingdom of heaven" is the reign of God.
- θεοῦtheou· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- ἄνθρωποςanthrōpos· human being, man
Human being, person, man (without distinguishing male or female).
- βάλῃbalēi· throw, put
Throw, cast; also put.
- σπόρονsporon· seed, sowing
Seed; sowing.
- γῆςgēs· earth, land
Earth: the ground, a country, or the whole world.
- καθεύδῃkatheudēi· sleep
Sleep.
- ἐγείρηταιegeirētai· raise
Raise, wake up; get up; raise from the dead.
- νύκταnykta· night
Night. "By night".
- ἡμέρανhēmeran· day
Day. "In the days of" someone: in their time.
- βλαστᾷblastai· sprout
Sprout, grow; produce.
- μηκύνηταιmēkynētai· grow long
Grow, lengthen.
- οἶδενoiden· know
Know, understand; also see.
- αὐτομάτηautomatē· by itself
By itself, with no one making it happen.
- καρποφορεῖkarpophorei· bear fruit
Bear fruit.
- πρῶτονprōton· first
First, foremost.
- χόρτονchorton· grass
Grass, pasture.
- εἶταeita· then
Then, next.
- στάχυνstachyn· head of grain
Head of grain.
- πλήρηςplērēs· full
Full.
- σῖτονsiton· wheat
Wheat; the grain and the food made from it.
- ὅτανhotan· when, whenever
When, whenever.
- παραδοῖparadoi· hand over
Hand over: put into someone else's hands; also betray, or pass on a teaching.
- καρπόςkarpos· fruit
Fruit; also the result of what someone does.
- εὐθὺςeuthys· immediately, straight
Straight, direct; as an adverb, immediately, at once.
- ἀποστέλλειapostellei· send
Send someone on a mission. The word "apostle", one who is sent, comes from it.
- δρέπανονdrepanon· sickle
Sickle.
- παρέστηκενparestēken· stand by, present
Place beside, present; put at someone's disposal; stand by.
- θερισμόςtherismos· harvest
Harvest.