Mark 7 · Verse 16

Mark 7:16

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

Mark 7:16 in other translations

WEBIf anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
YLTIf any hath ears to hear--let him hear.'
DARBYIf any one have ears to hear, let him hear.
WebsterIf any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

What does Mark 7:16 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 16.

(u) "If any man" Mt 11:15

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 7:14-23

Our wicked thoughts and affections, words and actions, defile us, and these only. As a corrupt fountain sends forth corrupt streams, so does a corrupt heart send forth corrupt reasonings, corrupt appetites and passions, and all the wicked words and actions that come from them. A spiritual understanding of the law of God, and a sense of the evil of sin, will cause a man to seek for the grace of the Holy Spirit, to…

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Mark 7:16 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΕἴEiifG1487
τιςtisanyoneG5100
ἔχειecheihasG2192
ὦταōtaearsG3775
ἀκούεινakoueinto hearG191
ἀκουέτω.akouetōhe should hear.G191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:9,23; Mt 11:15; Re 2:7,11,17,29; 3:6,13,22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 7:15

    There 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.

  • Mark 7:16

    If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Mark 7:17

    And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

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Mark 7:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Si alguno tiene oídos para oir, oiga.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Si quelqu’un a des oreilles pour entendre, qu’il entende.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn jemand Ohren hat zu hören, der höre!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si quis habet aures audiendi, audiat.