Mark 4:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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 to you again.
2 Pet 2:1-3 : 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
Luke 8:18 : 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
John 5:25 : 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you , The hour is coming, 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 there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
John 10:27 : 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Acts 17:11 : 11 {G1161} These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
2 Cor 9:6 : 6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
1 Pet 2:2 : 2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Mark 9:7 : 7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
Luke 6:37-38 : 37 {G2532} Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Prov 19:27 : 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth 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.

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