Matthew 11:15
New International Version
Whoever has ears, let them hear.

New Living Translation
Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!

English Standard Version
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Berean Standard Bible
He who has ears, let him hear.

Berean Literal Bible
The one having ears, let him hear!

King James Bible
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

New King James Version
He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

New American Standard Bible
The one who has ears to hear, let him hear.

NASB 1995
“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

NASB 1977
“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Legacy Standard Bible
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Amplified Bible
He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.

Christian Standard Bible
Let anyone who has ears listen.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Anyone who has ears should listen!

American Standard Version
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Whoever has an ear to hear, let him hear.

Contemporary English Version
If you have ears, pay attention!

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

English Revised Version
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Let the person who has ears listen!

Good News Translation
Listen, then, if you have ears!

International Standard Version
Let the person who has ears listen!

Literal Standard Version
he who is having ears to hear—let him hear.

Majority Standard Bible
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

New American Bible
Whoever has ears ought to hear.

NET Bible
The one who has ears had better listen!

New Revised Standard Version
Let anyone with ears listen!

New Heart English Bible
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Weymouth New Testament
Listen, every one who has ears!

World English Bible
He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Young's Literal Translation
he who is having ears to hear -- let him hear.

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Context
Jesus Testifies about John
14And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come. 15He who has ears, let him hear. 16To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:…

Cross References
Matthew 11:16
To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:

Matthew 13:9
He who has ears, let him hear."

Matthew 13:43
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

Mark 4:9
Then Jesus said, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Mark 4:23
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

Luke 8:8
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop--a hundredfold." As Jesus said this, He called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

Luke 14:35
It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."


Treasury of Scripture

He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

Matthew 13:9,43
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear…

Mark 4:9,23
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear…

Mark 7:16
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

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Matthew 11
1. John sends his disciples to Jesus.
7. Jesus' testimony concerning John.
16. The perverse judgment of the people concerning the Son.
20. Jesus upbraids Korazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum;
25. and praising his Father's wisdom in revealing the Gospel to the simple,
28. he calls to him those who are weary and burdened.














(15) He that hath ears to hear.--The formula, which meets us here for the first time, is one which our Lord seems to have used habitually after any teaching, in parable or otherwise (Matthew 13:9; Mark 4:9), which required more than ordinary powers of thought to comprehend. To take in the new aspect of the coming of Elijah required an insight like that which men needed to take in, without an interpreter, the meaning of the parable of the Sower.

Verse 15. - He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. A solemn exhortation, often spoken by our Lord at the close of an utterance. See Matthew 13:9 (equivalent to Mark 4:9), 43; Mark 4:23; Luke 14:35 (comp. Mark 8:18; Luke 9:44; Revelation 2. and 3; 13:9). It means - You are all formed by nature to learn God's commands; answer, therefore, to your powers, and obey him. See Psalm 40:6 (cf. Hebrews 10:5).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
He who
(Ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

has
ἔχων (echōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

ears,
ὦτα (ōta)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3775: (a) the ear, (b) met: the faculty of perception. Apparently a primary word; the ear.

let him hear.
ἀκουέτω (akouetō)
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.


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