Mark 4:23

THE MESSAGE

"Are you listening to this? Really listening?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen.”

King James Version (1611)
If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.

King James Version
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

English Standard Version
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

New American Standard Bible
"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

New Century Version
Let those with ears use them and listen!

Amplified Bible
"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

Legacy Standard Bible
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

Berean Standard Bible
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

Contemporary English Version
If you have ears, pay attention!

Complete Jewish Bible
Those who have ears to hear with, let them hear!"

Darby Translation
If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.

Easy-to-Read Version
You people who hear me, listen!

Geneva Bible (1587)
If any man haue eares to heare, let him heare.

George Lamsa Translation
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.

Good News Translation
Listen, then, if you have ears!"

Lexham English Bible
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"

Literal Translation
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.

American Standard Version
If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Bible in Basic English
If any man has ears, let him give ear.

Hebrew Names Version
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

International Standard Version
If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen!"Matthew 11:15; Mark 11:9;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Murdock Translation
If any one have ears to hear, let him hear.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If any man haue eares to heare, let hym heare.

English Revised Version
If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

World English Bible
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Weymouth's New Testament
Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If ony man haue eeris of heryng, here he.

Update Bible Version
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.

Webster's Bible Translation
If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

New English Translation
If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!"

New King James Version
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

New Living Translation
Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand."

New Life Bible
You have ears, then listen!"

New Revised Standard
Let anyone with ears to hear listen!"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
If any one hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Revised Standard Version
If any man has ears to hear, let him hear."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Yf eny man have eares to heare let him heare.

Young's Literal Translation
If any hath ears to hear -- let him hear.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so hath eares to heare, let him heare.

Mace New Testament (1729)
if any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

Simplified Cowboy Version
If you got ears, you'd best use them for listening to what I'm saying."

Contextual Overview

²¹Jesus went on: "Does anyone bring a lamp home and put it under a washtub or beneath the bed? Don't you put it up on a table or on the mantel? We're not keeping secrets, we're telling them; we're not hiding things, we're bringing them out into the open. ²³ "Are you listening to this? Really listening? ²⁴"Listen carefully to what I am saying—and be wary of the shrewd advice that tells you how to get ahead in the world on your own. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity. Stinginess impoverishes." ²⁶Then Jesus said, "God's kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first a green stem of grass, then a bud, then the ripened grain. When the grain is fully formed, he reaps—harvest time! ³⁰"How can we picture God's kingdom? What kind of story can we use? It's like a pine nut. When it lands on the ground it is quite small as seeds go, yet once it is planted it grows into a huge pine tree with thick branches. Eagles nest in it." ³³With many stories like these, he presented his message to them, fitting the stories to their experience and maturity. He was never without a story when he spoke. When he was alone with his disciples, he went over everything, sorting out the tangles, untying the knots.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Mark 4:9, Matthew 11:15, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:29

Reciprocal: Proverbs 5:1 - attend Matthew 13:9 - General Mark 4:3 - Hearken Mark 7:16 - General Luke 8:18 - heed

Cross-References

Exodus 20:13
No murder.

Leviticus 19:18
"Don't seek revenge or carry a grudge against any of your people. "Love your neighbor as yourself. I am God .

Judges 9:7
When this was all told to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and shouted: Listen to me, leaders of Shechem. And let God listen to you! The trees set out one day to anoint a king for themselves. They said to Olive Tree, "Rule over us." But Olive Tree told them, "Am I no longer good for making oil That gives glory to gods and men, and to be demoted to waving over trees?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. What is now delivered, being very momentous and important; see Matthew 11:15.