Mark 4:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you; and more shall be given unto you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Βλέπετε τί ἀκούετε: ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν: καὶ προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν τοῖς ἀκούουσιν.

Transliteration

And elegen to them, Blepete ti akouete: in what metrō metreite, metrēthēsetai to you: and prostethēsetai to you those akouousin.

Grammar Details

• *elegen*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - he was saying
• *Blepete*: present active imperative, 2nd person plural - take heed/consider
• *ti*: interrogative pronoun, accusative, neuter, singular - what
• *akouete*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you hear
• *metrō*: dative, neuter, singular - measure
• *metreite*: present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you measure
• *metrēthēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be measured
• *prostethēsetai*: future passive indicative, 3rd person singular - it will be added
• *akouousin*: present active participle, dative, masculine, plural - hearing

Word Meanings

• *Blepete*: take heed/pay attention/be careful
• *akouete*: you hear/listen to
• *metrō*: measure/standard/criterion
• *metreite*: you measure/evaluate/judge
• *metrēthēsetai*: it will be measured/evaluated/judged
• *prostethēsetai*: it will be added/given in addition
• *akouousin*: hearing/listening/paying attention

Referenced Verses

• Matt 7:2 : 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you.
• 2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
• Luke 8:18 : 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for {G3739} whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and {G3739} whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he thinketh he hath.
• John 5:25 : 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
• John 10:16 : 16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice: and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
• John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
• Acts 17:11 : 11 Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures {G2596} daily, whether these things were so.
• 2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But this [I say,] He that soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he that soweth {G1909} bountifully shall reap also {G1909} bountifully.
• Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore {G5124} we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them].
• 1 Pet 2:2 : 2 as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk {G3050} which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;
• 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
• Mark 9:7 : 7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them: and there came a voice out of the cloud, This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.
• Luke 6:37-38 : 37 And judge not, and ye shall not {G3361} be judged: and condemn not, and ye shall not {G3361} be condemned: release, and ye shall be released: 38 give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again.
• Prov 19:27 : 27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.
• Isa 55:3 : 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.