Mark 4:20

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.

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 And other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.
• Luke 8:15 : 15 But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
• John 15:4-5 : 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit, for without me you can do nothing.
• Gen 26:12 : 12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him.
• Matt 13:23 : 23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.
• Rom 7:4 : 4 Therefore, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ; that you may be married to another, even to Him who is raised from the dead, that we should bear fruit to God.
• Phil 1:11 : 11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
• Col 1:10 : 10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
• 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.
• 2 Pet 1:8 : 8 For if these things are in you and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor 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, self-control; against such there is no law.
• John 15:16 : 16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you ask of the Father in my name, He may give it to you.