Mark 7:16

16 If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!" [a]

Mark 7:16 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 7:16

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
] (See Gill on Matthew 11:15).

Mark 7:16 In-Context

14 Summoning the crowd again, He told them, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:
15 Nothing that goes into a person from outside can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.
16 If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!"
17 When He went into the house away from the crowd, the disciples asked Him about the parable.
18 And He said to them, "Are you also as lacking in understanding? Don't you realize that nothing going into a man from the outside can defile him?

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Other mss omit this verse
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