What Does Matthew 13:18 Mean in the King James?
Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
A parable is a story cast alongside your life, where the way you receive the word comes into view.
THE MEANING
Jesus addresses you as a hearer now: the sower’s story is placed beside your present life. As its image meets you, the different ways of receiving the word become visible.
THE ROOT
ἀκούσατε
akousate
GROWS FROM
ἀκούω
akouō
to hear, listen, or give heed
English “hear” can sound like taking in noise; this Greek word family also carries hearing that attends and responds. The command opens the parable as something to receive, not a sound that simply passes by.
ALSO GROWS
akoē: hearing; a report
ἀκοή
It shows the same root can name both the act of hearing and what is heard.
hypakouō: to hear under; to obey or respond
ὑπακούω
This related verb makes visible how hearing can carry into a response.
παραβολή
parabolē
GROWS FROM
βάλλω
ballō
to throw or place
The Greek word pictures something placed alongside something else. The parable sets the sower’s image beside the hearer’s life, so the comparison reveals how the word is received.
ALSO GROWS
paraballō: to place beside; to compare
παραβάλλω
Its “place beside” sense makes the parable’s image concrete: the story stands alongside the listener.
emballō: to put or throw in
ἐμβάλλω
It shares the core sense of placing or casting, which is carried into the image of the parable.
σπείραντος
speirantos
GROWS FROM
σπείρω
speirō
to sow or scatter seed
The sower is named by the act of sowing. The same word family reaches into seed and scattering, keeping the focus on how seed is spread into different ground.
ALSO GROWS
spora: sowing; seed
σπορά
It links the sower’s action directly to what is sown.
diaspora: scattering; dispersion
διασπορά
It carries the same sowing root into the image of seed being spread out.
THE PATTERN
Scripture treats hearing as the beginning of reception, which becomes response, understanding, and fruit.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.THE THREAD
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.The Greek form ἀκούει (akouei), “he hears,” is from the same verb ἀκούω (akouō), “to hear,” as “Hear” in this verse. The next verse shows what this hearing bears: understanding and fruit.
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