Matthew 11:15 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹⁵ The person who has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ He who has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him consider and perceive and comprehend by hearing.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Let the person who has ears, hear.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 11:15 Cross References

Luke 8:8

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.”

Matthew 13:9

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

Mark 4:23

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

Matthew 13:43

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.

Revelation 3:13

The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches.

Revelation 2:7

“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].

Luke 14:35

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.”

Mark 4:9

And Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear with ought to listen [to this] carefully.”

Revelation 2:29

The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches.”

Revelation 3:6

The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches.

Revelation 2:17

“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.

Revelation 3:22

The person who has an ear should listen to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churches.”

Revelation 2:11

“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].

Mark 7:15

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.”

Matthew 11:16

“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,

Revelation 13:9

If anyone has an ear, he should listen [to this]:

Mark 7:16

{This verse is absent from most ancient manuscripts}.