He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Parallel translations
- WEB He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
- BSB He who has ears, let him hear.
- NKJV He who has ears to hear, let him hear!
- NASB The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.
- NLT Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!
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Quick answer
Jesus calls for spiritual attentiveness to weighty truth. Those given ears to hear should heed what He has said about John and the kingdom.
Overview
This recurring summons (cf. Matt. 13:9) urges hearers not merely to listen but to understand and respond. It signals that the preceding teaching about John and the kingdom demands more than casual attention. Spiritual hearing is itself a gift, calling for humble, obedient reception of Christ's words.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Luke 8:8And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Matt 13:9Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Mark 4:23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
- Matt 13:43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Rev 2:7He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
- Mark 4:9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Luke 14:35It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- Rev 3:13He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
- Rev 2:29He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
- Rev 2:17He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
- Rev 3:22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
- Rev 3:6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
- Rev 2:11He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
- Mark 7:15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
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