Matthew 13:43 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then will the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God) shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears [to hear] be listening, and let him consider and perceive and understand by hearing. [Dan. 12:3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.

Common English Bible

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father’s kingdom. Those who have ears should hear.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then the just ones shall shine like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 13:43 Cross References

Matthew 11:15

The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those at His right side, ‘You who are blessed by my Father, come and receive the kingdom which has been prepared for you since the creation of the world,

Matthew 25:36

when I was without adequate clothing, you gave me something to wear; [when] I was sick, you came to visit me; [when] I was in prison, you came to see me.’

Matthew 26:29

But I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine [i.e., grape juice] from now on until that day when I will drink it again with you [i.e., figuratively] in my Father’s kingdom.”

Mark 4:23

If anyone has ears to hear with, he ought to listen to this carefully.”

Luke 12:32

“[And], do not be afraid, little flock [Note: Jesus refers to His small band of disciples as sheep following Him as their Shepherd], for your Father was pleased to give you the kingdom.

Luke 22:29

and just as my Father assigned a kingdom to me, so I am assigning a kingdom to you,

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dearly loved brothers, stand firm [in the faith]; do not be moved [from your commitment] Always do your best to work for the Lord, since you know that your labor in the Lord’s [service] is not for nothing.

James 2:5

Listen, my dearly loved brothers; did not God choose those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be wealthy in faith and to inherit the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?