the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Matthew 13:9
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Let anyone who has ears
Who hath eares to heare, let him heare.
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
He who has ears, let him hear."
"The one who has ears, let him hear."
Let those with ears use them and listen."
"He who has ears [to hear], let him hear and heed My words."
He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
"He who has ears, let him hear."
He who has ears, let him hear."
He who has ears, let him hear."
If you have ears, pay attention!
Those who have ears, let them hear!"
He that has ears, let him hear.
You people who hear me, listen!"
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!"
The one who has ears, let him hear!"
The one having ears to hear, let him hear.
He that hath ears, let him hear.
He who has ears, let him give ear.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
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He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Who hath eares to heare, let hym heare.
He that hath ears, let him hear.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
He that hath ears to hear let him hear.
Listen, every one who has ears!"
He that hath eris of heryng, here he.
He that has ears, let him hear.
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
The one who has ears had better listen!"
He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand."
You have ears, then listen."
Let anyone with ears listen!"
He that hath ears, let him hear.
He who has ears, let him hear."
Whosoever hath eares to heare let him heare.
He who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.'
Who so hath eares to heare, let hi heare.
he that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
"Are you listening to this? Really listening?"
Is anyone here catchin' what I'm sayin'?"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 13:16, Matthew 11:15, Mark 4:9, Mark 4:23, Mark 7:14-16, Revelation 2:7, Revelation 2:11, Revelation 2:17, Revelation 2:29, Revelation 3:6, Revelation 3:13, Revelation 3:22, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 13:9
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 15:2 - Hear ye me 2 Chronicles 18:27 - Hearken 2 Chronicles 24:19 - but they would Psalms 49:1 - Hear Psalms 78:1 - General Proverbs 2:2 - thou Isaiah 18:3 - see ye Isaiah 32:9 - give ear Jeremiah 7:2 - Hear Ezekiel 3:27 - Thus Ezekiel 40:4 - behold Joel 1:2 - Hear Matthew 4:17 - kingdom Matthew 13:43 - Who Luke 8:8 - He that Luke 14:35 - He
Cross-References
Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren.
Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan: and Lot abode in the towns, that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom.
And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord beyond measure.
So Abram removing his tent, came, and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.
And said: The land is before you, dwell wheresoever it shall please thee.
And dwell with us: the land is at your command, till, trade, and possess it.
(119-7) With them that hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.
If it be possible, as much as is in you, have peace with all men.
Already indeed there is plainly a fault among you, that you have law suits one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? Why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Follow peace with all men and holiness: without which no man shall see God.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Not externally only, but internally; he that has ears given him to hear, so as to understand, let him make use of them, and seriously consider of, and diligently attend to the use and importance of this parable. It is a way of speaking used by Christ, when anything of moment was delivered, and not so easy to be understood, on purpose to quicken the attention of his auditors, and stir up in them a desire of understanding what was said; which effect this had upon his disciples; see Mark 4:10.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In parables - The word “parable” is derived from a Greek word signifying “to compare together,” and denotes a similitude taken from a natural object to illustrate a spiritual or moral subject. It is a narrative of some fictitious or real event, in order to illustrate more clearly some truth that the speaker wished to communicate. In early ages it was much used. Pagan writers, as Aesop, often employed it. In the time of Christ it was in common use. The prophets had used it, and Christ employed it often in teaching his disciples. It is not necessary to suppose that the narratives were strictly true. The main thing - “the inculcation of spiritual truth” - was gained equally, whether it was true or was only a supposed case. Nor was there any dishonesty in this. It was well understood no person was deceived. The speaker was not “understood” to affirm the thing “literally narrated,” but only to fix the attention more firmly on the moral truth that he presented. The “design” of speaking in parables was the following:
- To convey truth in a more interesting manner to the mind, adding to the truth conveyed the beauty of a lovely image or narrative.
- To teach spiritual truth so as to arrest the attention of ignorant people, making an appeal to them through the “senses.”
- To convey some offensive truth, some pointed personal rebuke. in such a way as to bring it “home” to the conscience. Of this kind was the parable which Nathan delivered to David 2 Samuel 12:1-7, and many of our Saviour’s parables addressed to the Jews.
- To “conceal” from one part of his audience truths which he intended others should understand. Thus Christ often, by this means, delivered truths to his disciples in the presence of the Jews, which he well knew the Jews would not understand; truths pertaining to them particularly, and which he was under no obligations to explain to the Jews. See Mark 4:33; Matthew 13:13-16.
Our Saviour’s parables are distinguished above all others for clearness, purity, chasteness, importance of instruction, and simplicity. They are taken mostly from the affairs of common life, and intelligible, therefore, to all people. They contain much of “himself” - his doctrine, life, design in coming, and claims, and are therefore of importance to all people; and they are told in a style of simplicity intelligible to the child, yet instructive to people of every rank and age. In his parables, as in all his instructions, he excelled all people in the purity, importance, and sublimity of his doctrine.
Matthew 13:3
A sower went forth to sow - The image here is taken from an employment known to all people, and therefore intelligible to all.
Nor can there be a more striking illustration of preaching the gospel than placing the seed in the ground, to spring up hereafter and bear fruit.
Sower - One who sows or scatters seed - a farmer. It is not improbable that one was near the Saviour when he spoke this parable.
Matthew 13:4
Some seeds fell by the way-side - That is, the hard “path” or headland, which the plow had not touched, and where there was no opportunity for it to sink into the earth.
Matthew 13:5
Stony places - Where there was little earth, but where it was hard and rocky, so that the roots could not strike down into the earth for sufficient moisture to support the plant.
When the sun became hot they of course withered away. They sprang up the sooner because there was little earth to cover them.
Forthwith - Immediately. Not that they sprouted and grew any quicker or faster than the others, but they were not so long in reaching the surface. Having little root, they soon withered away.
Matthew 13:7
Among thorns - That is, in a part of the field where the thorns and shrubs had been imperfectly cleared away and not destroyed.
They grew with the grain, crowded it, shaded it, exhausted the earth, and thus choked it.
Matthew 13:8
Into good ground - The fertile and rich soil.
In sowing, by far the largest proportion of seed will fall into the good soil; but Christ did not intend to teach that these proportions would be exactly the same among those who heard the gospel. Parables are designed to teach some “general” truth, and the circumstances should not be pressed too much in explaining them.
An hundred-fold ... - That is, a hundred, sixty, or thirty “grains” for each one that was sowed an increase by no means uncommon. Some grains of wheat will produce twelve or fifteen hundred grains. The usual proportion on a field sown, however, is not more than twenty, fifty, or sixty bushels for one.
Matthew 13:9
Who hath ears ... - This is a proverbial expression, implying that it was every man’s duty to pay attention to what was spoken, Matthew 11:15.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 13:9. Who hath ears to hear, &c.] Let every person who feels the necessity of being instructed in the things which concern his soul's welfare pay attention to what is spoken, and he shall become wise unto salvation.
