Mark

Mark 4:26–28

26Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. 27Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how. 28All by itself the earth produces a crop— first the stalk, then the head, then grain that ripens within.

Read all of Mark 4

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Greek it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Mark 4:26

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
also saidἔλεγενelegenVerb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG2036 to speak or say (by word or writing)
TheἡhēArticle - Nominative Feminine SingularG3588 the
kingdomβασιλείαbasileiaNoun - Nominative Feminine SingularG932 kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, kingdom
of GodΘεοῦTheouNoun - Genitive Masculine SingularG2316 God, a god
isἐστὶνestinVerb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG1510 I am, exist
likeΟὕτωςHoutōsAdverbG3779 thus, so, in this manner
a manἄνθρωποςanthrōposNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG444 a man, one of the human race
who scattersβάλῃbalēVerb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularG906 I cast, throw, rush, put, place, drop
seedσπόρονsporonNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG4703 seed for sowing
onἐπὶepiPrepositionG1909 on, to, against, on the basis of, at
theτῆςtēsArticle - Genitive Feminine SingularG3588 the
groundγῆςgēsNoun - Genitive Feminine SingularG1093 the earth, soil, land

Mark 4:27

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
NightνύκταnyktaNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG3571 the night, night-time
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
dayἡμέρανhēmeranNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularG2250 a day
he sleepsκαθεύδῃkatheudēVerb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularG2518 I sleep, am sleeping
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
wakesἐγείρηταιegeirētaiVerb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularG1453 I wake, arouse, raise up
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
theὁhoArticle - Nominative Masculine SingularG3588 the
seedσπόροςsporosNoun - Nominative Masculine SingularG4703 seed for sowing
sproutsβλαστᾷblastaVerb - Present Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person SingularG985 I sprout, cause to sprout, make to grow up
andκαὶkaiConjunctionG2532 and, even, also, namely
growsμηκύνηταιmēkynētaiVerb - Present Subjunctive Middle or Passive - 3rd Person SingularG3373 I lengthen
heαὐτόςautosPersonal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Masculine 3rd Person SingularG846 he, she, it, they, them, same
knowsοἶδενoidenVerb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG1492 I know, remember
notοὐκoukAdverbG3756 no, not
howὡςhōsAdverbG5613 as, like as, how, while, so that

Mark 4:28

EnglishGreekSounds likeGrammarWord study
All by itselfαὐτομάτηautomatēAdjective - Nominative Feminine SingularG844 of its own accord
theἡhēArticle - Nominative Feminine SingularG3588 the
earthγῆgēNoun - Nominative Feminine SingularG1093 the earth, soil, land
produces a cropκαρποφορεῖkarpophoreiVerb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularG2592 I bear fruit
firstπρῶτονprōtonAdverb - SuperlativeG4412 first, before
stalkχόρτονchortonNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG5528 grass, hay
thenεἶταeitaAdverbG1534 then, thereafter, next
headστάχυνstachynNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG4719 a head of grain
thenεἶταeitaAdverbG1534 then, thereafter, next
grainσῖτονsitonNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularG4621 wheat, grain
ripensπλήρηςplērēsAdjective - Accusative Masculine SingularG4134 full
withinἐνenPrepositionG1722 in, on, among

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Mark 4:26 Matthew 13:24 · 1 Corinthians 3:6–9 · 1 Peter 1:23–25 · Luke 8:11 · James 3:18 · Isaiah 32:20 · Luke 8:5 · Ecclesiastes 11:6 · Proverbs 11:18 · Mark 4:14–20 · Isaiah 28:24–26 · Ecclesiastes 11:4

Mark 4:27 Ecclesiastes 11:5 · 2 Thessalonians 1:3 · Ecclesiastes 8:17 · 1 Corinthians 15:37–38

Mark 4:28 Philippians 1:9–11 · Hosea 6:3 · Mark 4:31–32 · 1 Thessalonians 3:12–13 · Colossians 1:10 · Philippians 1:6 · Matthew 13:26 · Ecclesiastes 3:1 · Isaiah 61:11 · Ecclesiastes 3:11 · Psalm 92:13–14

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.