Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Verse 9. Who hath ears to hear, &c.] Let every person who feels the necessity of being instructed in the things which concern his soul’s welfare pay attention to what is spoken, and he shall become wise unto salvation.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
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 Mr 4:10.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
He that hath ears let him hear ( ), So also in 11:15 and 13:43. It is comforting to teachers and preachers to observe that even Jesus had to exhort people to listen and to understand his sayings, especially his parables. They will bear the closest thought and are often enigmatical.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “Who hath ears to hear,” (ho echon ota) “The one having ears,” that is the one who is not deaf to truth, Mat 11:15; Mat 13:43; Deu 29:4; Psa 40:6.
2) “Let him hear.” (akoueto) “Let him give heed,” hear to the point of obedient response, by both believing in the Son of God and being a doer of His Word, not a hearer only, Luk 15:1; Joh 15:14; Jas 1:22.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
9. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. These words were intended partly to show that all were not endued with true understanding to comprehend what he said, and partly to arouse his disciples to consider attentively that doctrine which is not readily and easily understood by all. Indeed, he makes a distinction among the hearers, by pronouncing some to have ears, and others to be deaf. If it is next inquired, how it comes to pass that the former have ears, Scripture testifies in other passages, that it is the Lord who pierces the ears, (Psa 40:7,)and that no man obtains or accomplishes this by his own industry.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(9) Who hath ears to hear.The formula had been used, as we have seen before (comp. Note on Mat. 11:15). It was probably familiar in the schools of the Rabbis, when they were testing the ingenuity or progress of their scholars.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
9. Ears to hear Who hath faculties, let him remember that he is responsible for their use. Whoever has powers of attention, let him now exert them; lessons most important for him to hear will now be presented.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“He who has ears, let him hear.”
Having told a story with a familiar ring Jesus then challenged His listeners to consider well how they interpreted His words. If God was enabling them to hear, or if they wanted to hear and sought a solution, then they would hear. Otherwise they would not gain the understanding that they should. (For no one knows the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal Him – Mat 11:27).
It is quite apparent from what we have said that if the listener looked at this parable, even without its known interpretation, it would be seen as having has more than one point to it. And once it is recognised that it seems to have a varied in depth meaning, which Jesus had seemingly intended, it reveals at a minimum that different people would make different responses, and also something about what those responses might be at different levels and under different circumstances. For it leaves room for considerable thought. And it finally stresses the blessing for those who receive the seed properly, the blessing that can be their under the Kingly Rule of Heaven. To limit it to one thought is therefore to be pedantic, and indeed obviously incorrect. Some might have done so, but others would have taken it in more breadth. We might say that it would reveal those who had the ear to hear, from those who had not.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jesus cries out in conclusion:
v. 9. Who hath ears to hear, let him. hear. A hint that there is a hidden meaning in the story, and that every hearer should find this meaning and apply it properly. Where is there a similar experience in the spiritual life?
Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann
Mat 13:9-10 . See on Mat 11:15 .
The parabolic discourse is resumed at Mat 13:24 , after Jesus has finished the private exposition of those already spoken, into which he was led in consequence of the question addressed to him by the disciples. The exposition was given in the boat, where it is sufficiently possible to conceive such a conversation to have taken place without the necessity of our regarding the whole situation as imaginary (Hilgenfeld), or without our having to suppose it “rather more probable” that the exposition took place after the whole series of parables was brought to a close (Keim).
Mat 13:10 . The question, which in Matthew is framed to suit the reply (Neander, Weiss, Holtzmann), appears in a different and certainly more original form (in answer to Keim) in Mar 4:10 ; Luk 8:9 .
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Ver. 9. Who hath ears to hear, &c. ] q.d. Some have ears to hear, some not. So he divideth his hearers into auritos et surdos. All men have not faith, saith St Paul. Men’s ears must be bored, as David’s, their hearts opened, as Lydia’s, ere the word can enter. Pray we that Christ would say Ephphatha unto us, and that when he opens our ears, and by them our hearts, that he would make the bore big enough: since with what measure we mete, it shall be measured to us, and unto us that hear shall more be given, Mat 4:24 . The greater diligence we use in hearing, the more apparent shall be our profiting.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
9. ] is common to all three Evangelists (Mark and Luke insert ).
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Mat 13:9 . . . An invitation to think of the hidden meaning, or rather a hint that there was such a meaning. The description of the land in which the sower carried on his operations would present no difficulties to the hearers: the beaten paths, the rocky spots, the thorny patches were all familiar features of the fields in Palestine, and the fate of the seed in each case was in accordance with common experience. But why paint the picture? What is the moral of the story? That Jesus left them to find out.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
Who: i.e. Him who hears.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
9.] is common to all three Evangelists (Mark and Luke insert ).
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Mat 13:9. , he that hath) Cf. Mat 13:11-13.[601] Let him that heareth, hear: to him that hath shall be given.
[601] E. B. adds 43.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
Mat 13:16, Mat 11:15, Mar 4:9, Mar 4:23, Mar 7:14-16, Rev 2:7, Rev 2:11, Rev 2:17, Rev 2:29, Rev 3:6, Rev 3:13, Rev 3:22, Rev 13:8, Rev 13:9
Reciprocal: 2Ch 15:2 – Hear ye me 2Ch 18:27 – Hearken 2Ch 24:19 – but they would Psa 49:1 – Hear Psa 78:1 – General Pro 2:2 – thou Isa 18:3 – see ye Isa 32:9 – give ear Jer 7:2 – Hear Eze 3:27 – Thus Eze 40:4 – behold Joe 1:2 – Hear Mat 4:17 – kingdom Mat 13:43 – Who Luk 8:8 – He that Luk 14:35 – He
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
13:9
See comments for this statement at Mat 11:15.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mat 13:9. He that hath, etc. Comp. chap. Mat 11:15. A peculiarly appropriate ending to a parable. It here refers to the understanding of the parable; the parable itself, as our Lord shows, signified the outward hearing. The former would in this case imply the latter.