KJV: And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
YLT: 'And these are they who on the good ground have been sown: who do hear the word, and receive, and do bear fruit, one thirty-fold, and one sixty, and one an hundred.'
Darby: And these are they who have been sown on the good ground, such as hear the word and receive it, and bear fruit; one thirty, and one sixty, and one a hundred fold.
ASV: And those are they that were sown upon the good ground; such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold.
ἐκεῖνοί | these |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἐκεῖνος Sense: he, she it, etc. |
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οἱ | those |
Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἐπὶ | upon |
Parse: Preposition Root: ἐπί Sense: upon, on, at, by, before. |
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γῆν | soil |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: γῆ Sense: arable land. |
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τὴν | - |
Parse: Article, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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καλὴν | good |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: καλός Sense: beautiful, handsome, excellent, eminent, choice, surpassing, precious, useful, suitable, commendable, admirable. |
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σπαρέντες | having been sown |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Passive, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἐπισπείρω Sense: to sow, scatter, seed. |
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οἵτινες | such as |
Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὅστις Sense: whoever, whatever, who. |
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ἀκούουσιν | hear |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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λόγον | word |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: λόγος Sense: of speech. |
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παραδέχονται | receive [it] |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Plural Root: παραδέχομαι Sense: to receive, take up, take upon one’s self. |
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καρποφοροῦσιν | bring forth fruit |
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: καρποφορέω Sense: to bear fruit. |
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ἓν | one |
Parse: Adjective, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: εἷς Sense: one. |
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τριάκοντα | thirtyfold |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: τριάκοντα Sense: thirty. |
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ἑξήκοντα | sixty |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ἑξήκοντα Sense: sixty. |
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ἑκατόν | a hundred |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ἑκατόν Sense: a hundred. |
Greek Commentary for Mark 4:20
Same word in Matthew 13:23 and Luke 8:15. Mark gives the order from thirty, sixty, to a hundred, while Matthew 13:23 has it reversed. [source]
A good rendering of the pronoun οἵτινες , which indicates the class of hearers. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 4:20
Admits to filial privileges: acknowledges as his own. Of receiving the word of God, Mark 4:20; of receiving delegates from a body, Acts 15:4; of adopting or approving customs, Acts 16:21. [source]