Matthew 13:9

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The one who has ears had better listen!”

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 11:15 : 15 The one who has ears had better listen!
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.’
  • Rev 2:11 : 11 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will in no way be harmed by the second death.’
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it.’
  • Rev 2:29 : 29 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
  • Rev 3:6 : 6 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
  • Rev 3:13 : 13 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’
  • Rev 3:22 : 22 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”
  • Rev 13:8-9 : 8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed. 9 If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!
  • Matt 13:16 : 16 “But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.
  • Mark 4:9 : 9 And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”
  • Mark 4:23 : 23 If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”
  • Mark 7:14-15 : 14 Then he called the crowd again and said to them,“Listen to me, everyone, and understand. 15 There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”

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  • Mark 4:8-9
    2 verses
    95%

    8But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”

    9And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”

  • 15The one who has ears had better listen!

  • Mark 4:23-25
    3 verses
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    23If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”

    24And he said to them,“Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.

    25For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”

  • 9If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!

  • Luke 8:8-11
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    8But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out,“The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

    9Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant.

    10He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

    11“Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

  • 82%

    18“So listen to the parable of the sower:

    19When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.

    20The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

  • 18So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

  • 79%

    12For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

    13For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

    14And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

    15For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’

    16“But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

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    22The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.

    23But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”

    24The Parable of the Weeds He presented them with another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.

  • 29The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

  • 8But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.

  • 22The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

  • 6The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

  • 13The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

  • 10Then the disciples came to him and said,“Why do you speak to them in parables?”

  • 43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

  • 3“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

  • Matt 13:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3He told them many things in parables, saying:“Listen! A sower went out to sow.

    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

  • 10True Defilement Then he called the crowd to him and said,“Listen and understand.

  • Mark 4:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

    13He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

  • 18Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?

  • 33The Use of Parables So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.

  • 20But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”

  • 35It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

  • 23Pay attention and listen to my message! Be attentive and listen to what I have to say!

  • 15But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

  • 9He said,“Go and tell these people:‘Listen continually, but don’t understand! Look continually, but don’t perceive!’

  • 37He answered,“The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

  • 3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

  • 26when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

  • 17Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.

  • 18Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,

  • 9Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.’”