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Mark 4:9

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And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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  1. Mark 4:23–24Rank 1 from verse 9
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    23If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

    24And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

  2. Matthew 11:15Rank 2 from verse 9
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    15He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

  3. Revelation 3:22Rank 3 from verse 9
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    22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

  4. Luke 8:18Rank 4 from verse 9
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    18Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.

  5. Mark 7:14–15Rank 5 from verse 9
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    14¶ And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

    15There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

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Mark 4:9

COMBINED MEANING

ears

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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

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COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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4:1AND he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

4:2And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

4:3Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:

4:4And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.

4:5And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

4:6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

4:7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

4:8And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

4:9And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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