Mark 4 : 24

All three render the imperfect 'he was saying'; the Greek ἔλεγεν and Latin dicebat are durative imperfects, while the Syriac ܘܐܡܪ fuses conjunction and verb in a single perfect form, a typical Syriac compression that does not distinguish imperfect aspect.

The Vulgate separates the colon (token 3) as a discrete punctuation mark introducing direct speech, whereas Greek attaches the raised dot to αὐτοῖς· and Syriac leaves the clause boundary unmarked; a purely orthographic divergence.

The relative pronoun is fused with the preposition in the Syriac ܒܗܝ ('with that/which'), while Greek ἐν ᾧ and Latin in qua keep preposition and relative as separate tokens; the gender shifts to feminine in Syriac and Latin to agree with the feminine noun 'measure'.

Greek μετρεῖτε is a synthetic present; the Vulgate renders it with a deponent perfect periphrasis mensi fueritis ('you shall have measured'), shifting to a future-perfect nuance, while the Syriac employs the analytic participle ܕܡܟܝܠܝܢ plus pronoun ܐܢܬܘܢ — three distinct tense/aspect strategies for the same act of measuring.

The Greek closes with an articular participial phrase τοῖς ἀκούουσιν ('to you who hear'), matched in the Syriac by the relative construction ܠܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܫܡܥܝܢ ('to those who hear'); the Clementine Vulgate omits this final clause entirely, ending at vobis, reflecting a shorter Western text-form of Mark 4:24.