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Mark 4:20

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.

KJV

καὶ ἐκεῖνοί εἰσίν οἱ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν καλὴν σπαρέντες, οἵτινες ἀκούουσιν τὸν λόγον καὶ παραδέχονται καὶ καρποφοροῦσιν ἓν τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἓν ἑκατόν.

Greek NT

Et hi sunt qui super terram bonam seminati sunt, qui audiunt verbum, et suscipiunt, et fructificant, unum triginta, unum sexaginta, et unum centum.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

And these are they who are sown upon the good ground, who hear the word, and receive it, and yield fruit, the one thirty, another sixty, and another a hundred.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γῆ
ge
noun · 251×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καλός
kalos
adjective · 100×
καρποφορέω
karpophoreo
verb · 8×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
παραδέχομαι
paradechomai
verb · 6×
σπείρω
speiro
verb · 53×
τριάκοντα
triakonta
adjective · 11×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἐκεῖνος
ekeinos
demonstrative · 240×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
ἑκατόν
ekaton
adjective · 17×
ἑξήκοντα
exekonta
adjective · 8×
o
article · 19778×
ὅστις
ostis
relative_pronoun · 146×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐκεῖνοί | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐκεῖνοί | RP: οὗτοί
  • ἐκεῖνοίSBLGNT
  • ἐκεῖνοίWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • οὗτοίRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἓν τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἓν | NIV: ἓν … ἓν … ἓν | WH/Treg/RP: ἐν … ἐν … ἐν
  • ἓν τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἓνSBLGNT
  • ἓν … ἓν … ἓνReader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐν … ἐν … ἐνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 4:1 — Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
  • 2Pet 1:8 — For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Col 1:10 — That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Gal 5:22 — But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
  • Gen 26:12 — Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
  • John 15:4 — Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
  • John 15:16 — Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he ma
  • Luke 8:8 — And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Luke 8:15 — But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
  • Mark 4:8 — And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
  • Mark 4:8 — And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
  • Matt 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
  • Matt 13:23 — But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
  • Phil 1:11 — Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
  • Rom 7:4 — Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto G