The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.
Luke 14:35 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) It is not suitable for the soil [i.e., for growing crops] or for fertilizer, but [only] for people to throw out. [See note on Matt. 5:13]. The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure heap; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear, let him listen and consider and comprehend by hearing! American Standard Version (1901) It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Common English Bible It has no value, neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. People throw it away. Whoever has ears to hear should pay attention.” Catholic Public Domain Version It is useful neither in soil, nor in manure, so instead, it shall be thrown away. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version It is neither profitable for the land nor for the dunghill, but shall be cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. |
The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.
The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.”
And the orchard worker answered him, ‘Leave it alone for [just] this year, sir, until I cultivate it and fertilize it.
And [still] other [seed] fell into fertile soil; it grew and produced a crop of one hundred times [as much as was planted].” As He said these things, He called out; “The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.”
“Pay close attention to what I am saying, for the Son of man will be handed over to [evil] men.”
If a person does not remain united to me, he will be thrown out as a [fruitless] branch and dried up. People gather up such branches and throw them into the fire to be burned [as fuel (?)].
“The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. The person who has victory [in the Christian life] will not be harmed at all by the second death [i.e., the lake of fire. See 21:8].
“The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. To the person who has victory [in the Christian life] I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will [also] give him a white stone with a new name written on it, which no one understands, except the one who receives it.
The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches.”
“The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches. To the person who has victory [in the Christian life] I will give [the opportunity] to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.” [Note: “Paradise” is equivalent to heaven. See II Cor. 12:4].