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Ifεἴanyoneτιςhasἔχειearsὦταto hear,ἀκούεινlet him hear.”ἀκουέτω
Mark 4:23
Study it in the app“If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.””
With the Greek beneath
Mark 4:23, word by word
- hasἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- earsὦταōta
hearing
Being able to hear and understand: "whoever can hear, let him hear".
Where else “ōta” appears- to hearἀκούεινakouein
listen
To pay attention and obey.
Where else “akouein” appears
Parallel passages
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The lamp under the basket
Matthew 5:14-16Luke 8:16-18Luke 11:33
A similar saying; scholars discuss whether it is the same saying in another setting or a repeated one.
See them side by side
Mark 4:21-23
21And he was saying to them, “Is the lamp brought to be put under the basket or under the bed? Is it not to be put on the lampstand? 22For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor has anything been secret but that it might come into the open. 23If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”
14You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. 15Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
16And no one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light. 17For there is nothing hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will never be known and come into the open. 18So take care how you listen; for whoever has, it will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
33No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under the basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.
The context
22For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor has anything been secret but that it might come into the open.
23 · This verse (above)
24And he was saying to them, “Watch what you hear. With the measure you measure it will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.
To study Mark 4 in a group
1. What it says
What happened in the boat when the storm came, and what did Jesus do (vv. 37–39)?
2. What it means
What did Jesus mean by “whoever has ears to hear, let them hear” when telling the parable of the sower (vv. 3–9)?
3. How I live it
Jesus asked his disciples, “Why are you cowards?” (v. 40). What fear of today could you bring before him?