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Complete Jewish Bible

Mark 4:9

And he concluded, "Whoever has ears to hear with, let him hear!"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostasy;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Sermon;   Sower;   Word of God;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Understanding;   Word of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocalyptic;   Christ, Christology;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Allegory;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Sower;   Watch;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Discourse;   Doctrines;   Ear (2);   Hearing;   Parable;   Physical ;   Premeditation;   Teaching of Jesus;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ear;   Mark, the Gospel According to;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he said, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”
King James Version (1611)
And he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
King James Version
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
English Standard Version
And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
New American Standard Bible
And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
New Century Version
Then Jesus said, "Let those with ears use them and listen!"
Amplified Bible
And He said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Legacy Standard Bible
And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Contemporary English Version
Then Jesus said, "If you have ears, pay attention."
Darby Translation
And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jesus said, "You people who hear me, listen!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Good News Translation
And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"
Lexham English Bible
And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Literal Translation
And He said to them, The one having ears to hear, let him hear.
American Standard Version
And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, Whoever has ears, let him give ear.
Hebrew Names Version
He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
International Standard Version
He added, "Let the person who has ears to hear, listen!"
Etheridge Translation
And he said, Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Murdock Translation
And he said: Whoever hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he saide vnto them: He that hath eares to heare, let hym heare.
English Revised Version
And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
World English Bible
He said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he said, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Weymouth's New Testament
"Listen," He added, "every one who has ears to listen with!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide, He that hath eeris of heryng, here he.
Update Bible Version
And he said, Who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
New English Translation
And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!"
New King James Version
And He said to them, [fn] "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
New Living Translation
Then he said, "Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand."
New Life Bible
He said to them, "You have ears, then listen!"
New Revised Standard
And he said, "Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he was saying - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear!
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Revised Standard Version
And he said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto them: he that hath eares to heare let him heare.
Young's Literal Translation
And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto them: Who so hath eares to heare, let him heare.
Mace New Testament (1729)
he that hath ears to hear, said he, let him hear.
THE MESSAGE
"Are you listening to this? Really listening?"
Simplified Cowboy Version
Whoever has ears should be listening."

Contextual Overview

1 Again Yeshua began to teach by the lake, but the crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there, while the crowd remained on shore at the water's edge. 2 He taught them many things in parables. In the course of his teaching, he said to them: 3 "Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he sowed, some seed fell alongside the path; and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Other seed fell on rocky patches where there was not much soil. It sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow; 6 but when the sun rose, the young plants were scorched; and since their roots were not deep, they dried up. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked it; so that it yielded no grain. 8 But other seed fell into rich soil and produced grain; it sprouted, and grew, and yielded a crop — thirty, sixty, even a hundred times what was sown." 9 And he concluded, "Whoever has ears to hear with, let him hear!" 10 When Yeshua was alone, the people around him with the Twelve asked him about the parables.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 4:3, Mark 4:23, Mark 4:24, Mark 7:14, Mark 7:16, Matthew 11:15, Matthew 13:9, Matthew 15:10, Luke 8:18, Revelation 3:6, Revelation 3:13, Revelation 3:22

Reciprocal: Job 33:1 - hear Luke 4:5 - taking

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
and Hevel too brought from the firstborn of his sheep, including their fat. Adonai accepted Hevel and his offering
Genesis 4:9
Adonai said to Kayin, "Where is Hevel your brother?" And he replied, "I don't know; am I my brother's guardian?"
Genesis 4:11
Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood at your hands.
Genesis 4:13
Kayin said to Adonai , "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 4:14
You are banning me today from the land and from your presence. I will be a fugitive wandering the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 37:32
Then they sent the long-sleeved robe and brought it to their father, saying, "We found this. Do you know if it's your son's robe or not?"
Psalms 9:12
Sing praises to Adonai , who lives in Tziyon; proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not succeed; he who confesses and abandons them will gain mercy.
John 8:44
You belong to your father, Satan, and you want to carry out your father's desires. From the start he was a murderer, and he has never stood by the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is speaking in character; because he is a liar — indeed, the inventor of the lie!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them,.... To the multitude of hearers that were on the sea shore attending to the word preached, and among whom, doubtless, there were all those sorts of hearers mentioned in this parable:

he that hath ears to hear, let him hear: observe, and take notice of what has been said, as being of the greatest moment and importance: for a larger explanation and illustration of this parable, see the notes on Matthew 13:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.

See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-9.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 4:9. And he said - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. — The Codex Bezae, later Syriac in the margin, and seven copies of the Itala, add, και ὁ συνιων συνιετω, and whoso understandeth, let him understand.


 
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