Matthew 13:9

9 The one who has ears, let him hear!"

Matthew 13:9 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 13:9

Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
] Not externally only, but internally; he that has ears given him to hear, so as to understand, let him make use of them, and seriously consider of, and diligently attend to the use and importance of this parable. It is a way of speaking used by Christ, when anything of moment was delivered, and not so easy to be understood, on purpose to quicken the attention of his auditors, and stir up in them a desire of understanding what was said; which effect this had upon his disciples; see ( Mark 4:10 ) ( Luke 8:9 ) .

Matthew 13:9 In-Context

7 And other [seed] fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it.

8 But other [seed] fell on the good soil and produced grain, this one a hundred [times as much] and this one sixty and this one thirty.

9 The one who has ears, let him hear!"

10 And the disciples came up [and] said to him, "{Why} do you speak to them in parables?"

11 And he answered [and] said to them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to those [people] it has not been granted.