The Parable of the Sower
Mark 4:9
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- KJV
- And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- WEB
- He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- ASV
- And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- LSV
- And He said to them, “He who is having ears to hear—let him hear.”
- YLT
- And he said to them, 'He who is having ears to hear — let him hear.'
- DBY
- And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
- DRC
- And he said: He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
- GNV
- Then he said vnto them, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὃς (“[He] who”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read Ὃ (“[The one] who”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἔχει (“has”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἔχων (“having”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include αὐτοῖς (“to them”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: Ὃς ἔχει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read Ὃς ἔχει; Robinson–Pierpont read Ὃ ἔχων.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἔλεγεν· Ὃς ἔχει ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
- RP2018
- Καὶ ἔλεγεν, Ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς, Ὁ ἔχων ὦτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω.
- SCR1894
- και ελεγεν αυτοις ο εχων ωτα ακουειν ακουετω
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 11:15He who has ears, let him hear.
- Mark 4:23–24If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
- Revelation 3:13He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Revelation 3:22He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
- Revelation 3:6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Mark 7:14–15Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand: Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
- Luke 8:18Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
- Matthew 15:10Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “Listen and understand.
- Matthew 13:9He who has ears, let him hear.”
- Mark 4:3“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
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