Mark 4:21-29
English Standard Version
A Lamp Under a Basket
21 (A)And he said to them, (B)“Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22 (C)For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. 23 (D)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: (E)with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you. 25 (F)For to the one who has, more will be given, and from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
The Parable of the Seed Growing
26 And he said, (G)“The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; (H)he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once (I)he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
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ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:21-29
SBL Greek New Testament
21 Καὶ ἔλεγεν [a]αὐτοῖς· Μήτι [b]ἔρχεται ὁ λύχνος ἵνα ὑπὸ τὸν μόδιον τεθῇ ἢ ὑπὸ τὴν κλίνην, οὐχ ἵνα ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν [c]τεθῇ; 22 οὐ γάρ ἐστιν [d]κρυπτὸν ἐὰν μὴ [e]ἵνα φανερωθῇ, οὐδὲ ἐγένετο ἀπόκρυφον ἀλλ’ ἵνα [f]ἔλθῃ εἰς φανερόν. 23 εἴ τις ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω. 24 καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς· Βλέπετε τί ἀκούετε. ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν καὶ προστεθήσεται [g]ὑμῖν. 25 ὃς γὰρ [h]ἔχει, δοθήσεται αὐτῷ· καὶ ὃς οὐκ ἔχει, καὶ [i]ὃ ἔχει ἀρθήσεται ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ.
26 Καὶ ἔλεγεν· Οὕτως ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ [j]ὡς ἄνθρωπος βάλῃ τὸν σπόρον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς 27 καὶ καθεύδῃ καὶ ἐγείρηται νύκτα καὶ ἡμέραν, καὶ ὁ σπόρος [k]βλαστᾷ καὶ μηκύνηται ὡς οὐκ οἶδεν αὐτός. 28 [l]αὐτομάτη ἡ γῆ καρποφορεῖ, πρῶτον χόρτον, [m]εἶτα στάχυν, εἶτα [n]πλήρης σῖτον ἐν τῷ στάχυϊ. 29 ὅταν δὲ [o]παραδοῖ ὁ καρπός, [p]εὐθὺς ἀποστέλλει τὸ δρέπανον, ὅτι παρέστηκεν ὁ θερισμός.
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- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:21 αὐτοῖς Treg NIV RP ] + ὅτι WH
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:21 ἔρχεται ὁ λύχνος WH Treg NIV ] ὁ λύχνος ἔρχεται RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:21 τεθῇ WH Treg NIV ] ἐπιτεθῇ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:22 κρυπτὸν WH Treg NIV ] τι κρυπτόν, ὃ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:22 ἵνα WH NIV ] – Treg RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:22 ἔλθῃ εἰς φανερόν WH Treg NIV ] εἰς φανερὸν ἔλθῃ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:24 ὑμῖν WH Treg NIV ] + τοῖς ἀκούουσιν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:25 ἔχει WH Treg NIV ] ἂν ἔχῃ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:25 ὃ WH NIV RP ] ὃς Treg
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:26 ὡς WH Treg NIV ] + ἐὰν RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:27 βλαστᾷ WH Treg NIV ] βλαστάνῃ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:28 αὐτομάτη WH Treg NIV ] + γὰρ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:28 εἶτα … εἶτα Treg NIV RP ] εἶτεν … εἶτεν WH
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:28 πλήρης σῖτον NIV ] πλήρη σῖτον WH RP; πλήρης σῖτος Treg
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:29 παραδοῖ WH Treg NIV ] παραδῷ RP
- ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 4:29 εὐθὺς WH Treg NIV ] εὐθέως RP
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