Mark 4:9

Then Jesus said, “If you want to understand this [MTY], you should consider carefully what I have just said.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

In Context

8But as the farmer sowed, other seeds fell on good soil. As a result, they sprouted, they grew well, and then they produced plenty of grain. Some plants bore 30 grains. Some bore 60 grains. Some bore 100 grains.”

10Later, when only the twelve disciples and a few other people were with him, they asked him about the parables.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:15If you want to understand this, you must think carefully [MTY] about what I have just said [MTY].”

Matthew 15:10Then Jesus again summoned the crowd to come nearer to him. Then he said to them, “Listen to what I am about to tell you, and try to understand it.

Mark 4:23If you want to understand this, you should consider carefully what you have just heard.”

Revelation 3:6Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”

Revelation 3:22Everyone who wants to understand [MTY] must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations.’”

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 →

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