Mark 4:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

But those sown on good ground are the ones who hear the word, welcome it, and produce fruit—some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred times what was sown.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τὴν καλὴν σπαρέντες· οἵτινες ἀκούουσιν τὸν λόγον, καὶ παραδέχονται, καὶ καρποφοροῦσιν, ἓν τριάκοντα, καὶ ἓν ἑξήκοντα, καὶ ἓν ἑκατόν.

Transliteration

And these eisin those epi the gēn the kalēn sparentes; hoitines akouousin the logon, and paradechontai, and karpophorousin, hen triakonta, and hen hexēkonta, and hen hekaton.

Grammar Details

• *eisin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they are
• *epi*: preposition + accusative - on/upon
• *gēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - earth/ground/soil
• *kalēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - good
• *sparentes*: aorist passive participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having been sown
• *hoitines*: relative pronoun, nominative, masculine, plural - such as/whoever
• *akouousin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they hear
• *logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - word
• *paradechontai*: present middle indicative, 3rd person plural - they accept
• *karpophorousin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they bear fruit
• *hen*: nominative, neuter, singular - one
• *triakonta*: indeclinable numeral - thirty
• *hexēkonta*: indeclinable numeral - sixty
• *hekaton*: indeclinable numeral - hundred

Word Meanings

• *gēn*: earth/soil/ground
• *kalēn*: good/fine/excellent
• *sparentes*: having been sown/planted/scattered
• *hoitines*: such as/whoever/those who
• *akouousin*: they hear/listen to
• *logon*: word/message
• *paradechontai*: they accept/receive/welcome
• *karpophorousin*: they bear fruit/produce yield

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And these are the ones sown on good ground; those who hear the word, receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} those{G3778} are{G1526} they that were sown{G4687} upon{G1909} the good{G2570} ground;{G1093} such as{G3748} hear{G191} the word,{G3056} and{G2532} accept{G3858} it, and{G2532} bear fruit,{G2592} {G1520} thirtyfold,{G5144} and{G2532} {G1520} sixtyfold,{G1835} and{G2532} a{G1520} hundredfold.{G1540}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And{G2532} these{G3778} are{G1526}{(G5748)} they which are sown{G4687}{(G5651)} on{G1909} good{G2570} ground{G1093}; such as{G3748} hear{G191}{(G5719)} the word{G3056}, and{G2532} receive{G3858}{(G5736)} it, and{G2532} bring forth fruit{G2592}{(G5719)}, some{G1520} thirtyfold{G5144}, some{G2532}{G1520} sixty{G1835}, and{G2532} some{G1520} an hundred{G1540}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And those that weare sowe in good grounde are they that heare the worde and receave it and bringe forth frute some thirty folde some sixty folde some an hundred folde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And these are they yt are sowen vpo a good grounde: Which heare ye worde, and receaue it, and brynge forth frute: some thirtie folde, and some sixtie folde, and some an hundreth folde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But they that haue receiued seede in good ground, are they that heare the worde, and receiue it, and bring foorth fruite: one corne thirtie, another sixtie, and some an hundreth.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they whiche receaue seede into good grounde, are suche as heare the worde, and receaue it, so that one corne doth bryng foorth thirtie, some sixtie, some an hundred.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ‹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.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  These are those which were sown on the good ground: such as hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `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.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And these are they who were planted on the good earth; such as give ear to the word, and take it into their hearts, and give fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundred times as much.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Those which were sown on the good ground are those who hear the word, and accept it, and bear fruit, some thirty times, some sixty times, and some one hundred times."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”

Referenced Verses

• Mark 4:8 : 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It grew, producing fruit that increased and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundred times what was sown.
• Luke 8:15 : 15 But the seed on good soil represents those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and produce a harvest through perseverance.
• John 15:4-5 : 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you unless you remain in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
• Gen 26:12 : 12 Isaac sowed seed in that land, and in that same year he reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.
• Matt 13:23 : 23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears and understands the word. This person produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.
• Rom 7:4 : 4 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another—to Him who was raised from the dead—in order that we might bear fruit for God.
• Phil 1:11 : 11 Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
• Col 1:10 : 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, just as you received instructions from us on how you ought to live and please God, that you would excel even more.
• 2 Pet 1:8 : 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Gal 5:22-23 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
• John 15:16 : 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.