Mark 4:9
And He said, “He that has ears to hear, let him hear!” 1 The Purpose of Parables
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
In Context
10But when He was by himself, those around Him together with the twelve asked Him about the parable.
Cross References
Matthew 11:15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 15:10And having summoned the crowd, He said to them, “Hear and understand:
Mark 4:23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Mark 7:16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
Revelation 3:6“ ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ 1 To the Church in Philadelphia
Revelation 3:22“ ‘He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’ ”
Matthew Henry on Mark 4:2-21
The Parable of the Sower. 1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had… Read the whole commentary →