Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
And He was saying to them: "Take care what you hear. The measure you give will come back to you, and more besides.
New American Standard Bible
And He was saying to them,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Then He said to them,
International Standard Version
He went on to say to them, "Pay attention to what you're hearing! You will be evaluated by the same standard with which you do your evaluating, and still more will be given to you,
A Conservative Version
And he said to them, Watch what ye hear. By what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you, and to those who hear, it will be added to you.
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you; and more shall be given unto you.
Amplified
Then He said to them,
An Understandable Version
And He said to them, "Pay attention to what you are hearing from me. The standard you use in giving [to others] is the standard they will use on you, with even more added.
Anderson New Testament
And he said to them: Take heed how you hear; with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you that hear, more shall be given;
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.
Common New Testament
Then he said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you; and more will be given you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
And consider, said he, how you hear; for in proportion as you weigh what is communicated to you, new light shall be given:
Darby Translation
And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear; with what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you; and there shall be more added to you.
Godbey New Testament
And He said to them. See what you hear: with what measure you measure it shall be measured unto you: and it shall be added unto you who hear.
Goodspeed New Testament
"Take care what you hear," he said to them. "The measure you give will be given to you, and even more besides.
John Wesley New Testament
And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you, and to you that hear, shall more be given.
Julia Smith Translation
And he said to them, See ye how ye hear: with what measure ye measure, shall be measured to you: and to you hearing, shall be added.
King James 2000
And he said unto them, Take heed what you hear: with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to them, "Take care what you hear! With the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you, and will be added to you.
Modern King James verseion
And He said to them, Take heed what you hear. With that measure which you measure, it shall be measured to you. And to you who hear, more shall be given.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said unto them, "Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete, with the same shall it be measured unto you again. And unto you that hear, shall more be given.
Moffatt New Testament
Also he said to them, "Take care what you hear; the measure you deal out to others will be dealt out to yourselves, and you will receive extra.
Montgomery New Testament
And he said to them. "Take heed what you hear. With what measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.
NET Bible
And he said to them, "Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.
New Heart English Bible
And he said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.
Noyes New Testament
And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete, it will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.
Sawyer New Testament
And he said to them, Consider what you hear. With what measure you measure it shall be measured to you, and more shall be given you.
The Emphasized Bible
And he was saying unto them - Be taking heed what ye are hearing: - with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured unto you, and added unto you;
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with the measure ye mete, shall it be measured back to you; and something over shall be given to you that hear.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Take care what you listen to," said Jesus. "The measure you mete will be meted out to you, and more will be added for you.
Webster
And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear: With the measure which ye give, it shall be measured to you: and to you that hear shall more be given.
Weymouth New Testament
He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.
World English Bible
He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.
Worrell New Testament
And He said to them, "Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you; and more will be added.
Worsley New Testament
And mind what ye hear: for with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you; and more shall be imparted to you that are observant:
Youngs Literal Translation
And he said to them, 'Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;
Themes
Heedfulness » Necessary » In what we hear
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the sower (at lake galilee)
Topics
Interlinear
Tis
ὅς ἥ ὅ
Hos
Usage: 980
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 4:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Lamp
23 If anyone has ears let him listen!" 24 And He was saying to them: "Take care what you hear. The measure you give will come back to you, and more besides. 25 For whoever has will have more given to him, but whoever has nothing, even what he has will be taken away."
Cross References
Matthew 7:2
For exactly as you criticize others, you will be criticized, and in accordance with the measure that you give to others, it will be measured back to you.
Mark 9:7
Then a cloud came and was circling over them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my Son, my Beloved; keep on listening to Him!"
Luke 6:37-38
Then stop criticizing others, and you will never be criticized; stop condemning others, and you will never be condemned.
Luke 8:18
So take care how you listen, for whoever gets more will have more given to him, and whoever does not get more will have even what he thinks he has taken away from him."
John 5:25
I most solemnly say to you, a time is coming -- indeed, it is already here -- when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live.
John 10:16
I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will listen to my voice, and all my sheep will become one flock with one shepherd.
John 10:27
My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me,
Acts 17:11
The Jews there were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the message with all eagerness and carried on a daily study of the Scriptures to see if Paul's message was true.
2 Corinthians 9:6
Now this is the way it is: Whoever sows sparingly will reap sparingly too, but whoever sows bountifully will reap bountifully too.
Hebrews 2:1
This is why we must pay much closer attention to the message once heard, to keep from drifting to one side.
1 Peter 2:2
and like new-born babies thirst for pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to final salvation,
2 Peter 2:1-3
Now there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you too, who will insidiously introduce destructive heresies and deny the Master who has bought them, thus bringing on themselves swift destruction.
1 John 4:1
Dearly beloved, stop believing every so-called spiritual utterance, but keep testing them to see whether they come from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.