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Mark 4:24-26
New English Translation
Mark 4:24-26
New English Translation
24 And he said to them, “Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive,[a] and more will be added to you. 25 For whoever has will be given more, but[b] whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”[c]
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 He also said, “The kingdom of God[d] is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.
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- Mark 4:24 tn Grk “by the measure with which you measure it will be measured to you.”
- Mark 4:25 tn Grk “and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.
- Mark 4:25 sn What he has will be taken from him. The meaning is that the one who accepts Jesus’ teaching concerning his person and the kingdom will receive a share in the kingdom now and even more in the future, but for the one who rejects Jesus’ words, the opportunity that that person presently possesses with respect to the kingdom will someday be taken away forever.
- Mark 4:26 sn The kingdom of God is a major theme of Jesus’ teaching. The nature of the kingdom of God in the NT and in Jesus’ teaching has long been debated by interpreters and scholars, with discussion primarily centering around the nature of the kingdom (earthly, heavenly, or both) and the kingdom’s arrival (present, future, or both). An additional major issue concerns the relationship between the kingdom of God and the person and work of Jesus himself.
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