Mark 7:16

If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

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If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”

KJV

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

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Εἴ Ei if G1487 τις tis anyone G5100 ἔχει echei has G2192 ὦτα ōta ears G3775 ἀκούειν akouein to hear G191 ἀκουέτω akouetō he should hear G191

The early church

(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) Again He subjoins, If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. For He had not clearly shown them, what those things are which proceed out of a man, and defile a man; and on account of this saying, the Apostles thought that the foregoing discourse of the Lord implied some other deep thing; wherefore there follows: And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable; they called it parable, because it was not clear.
Pseudo-Chrysostom · d. 500Catena Aurea (Aquinas, 1274)

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–23

Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to keep down the evil thoughts and affections that work within.

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Matthew 11:15Matthew 13:8–9Matthew 13:43Mark 4:8–9Mark 4:23Luke 8:8Luke 14:35

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.