“But what should I compare the people of this generation with? They are like children sitting in the open shopping market, who call out to their playmates,
Matthew 11:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him consider and perceive and comprehend by hearing. American Standard Version (1901) He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Common English Bible Let the person who has ears, hear. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. |
“But what should I compare the people of this generation with? They are like children sitting in the open shopping market, who call out to their playmates,
Then the people who did what was right will shine out like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. 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 Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.”
There is nothing that enters a person’s body from the outside that can [spiritually] corrupt him, but it is what proceeds out of a person’s life that [spiritually] corrupts him.”
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.”
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.”
“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].
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.”
The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches.