Mark 4:9
7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
8 Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”
Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
10 As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
11 He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- KJV
- And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- WEB
- He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- ASV
- And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- DARBY
- And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
- BLB
- And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- ÅB
- Og han sa til dem: Den som har ører å høre med, han høre!
- OTB
- Så sa Han, «Den som har ører å høre med, la dem høre.»
- B1930
- Og han sa til dem: Den som har ører å høre med, han høre!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 11:15
He who has ears, let him hear.
Read in contextMark 4:23–24
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Read in contextRevelation 3:22
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Read in contextRevelation 3:13
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Read in contextRevelation 3:6
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Read in contextLuke 8:18
Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
Read in contextMark 7:14–15
Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:
Read in contextMatthew 15:10
Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
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