What Does Mark 4:16 Mean?

“And”

and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words

“these”

the he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)

“are they”

they are

“likewise”

similarly

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“on”

properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“stony ground”

rock-like, i.e., rocky

“which are sown”

to scatter, i.e., sow (literally or figuratively)

“who”

the relatively (sometimes demonstrative) pronoun, who, which, what, that

“when”

whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as

“they have heard”

to hear (in various senses)

the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)

“the word”

something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a

“immediately”

directly, i.e., at once or soon

“with”

properly, denoting accompaniment; "amid" (local or causal); modified variously according to the case (genitive association, or accusative succession)

“gladness”

cheerfulness, i.e., calm delight

“receive”

while g0138 is more violent, to seize or remove))

“it”

the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons