Matthew 13:16

13:16 “But your eyes are blessed ¹  because they see, and your ears because they hear.

Matthew 17:5

17:5 While he was still speaking, a ²  bright cloud ³  overshadowed ⁴  them, and a voice from the cloud said, ⁵  “This is my one dear Son, ⁶  in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!” ⁷ 

John 5:24-25

5:24 “I tell you the solemn truth, ⁸  the one who hears ⁹  my message ¹⁰  and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, ¹¹  but has crossed over from death to life. 5:25 I tell you the solemn truth, ¹²  a time ¹³  is coming – and is now here – when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

John 8:47

8:47 The one who belongs to ¹⁴  God listens and responds ¹⁵  to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, ¹⁶  because you don’t belong to God.” ¹⁷ 

John 10:27

10:27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

[13:16]  ¹ sn This beatitude highlights the great honor bestowed on the disciples to share in this salvation.

[17:5]  ² tn Grk “behold, a.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated here or in the following clause because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[17:5]  ³ sn This cloud is the cloud of God’s presence and the voice is his as well.

[17:5]  ⁴ tn Or “surrounded.”

[17:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “behold, a voice from the cloud, saying.” This is an incomplete sentence in Greek which portrays intensity and emotion. The participle λέγουσα (legousa) was translated as a finite verb in keeping with English style.

[17:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “my beloved Son,” or “my Son, the beloved [one].” The force of ἀγαπητός (agaphtos) is often “pertaining to one who is the only one of his or her class, but at the same time is particularly loved and cherished” (L&N 58.53; cf. also BDAG 7 s.v. 1).

[17:5]  ⁷ sn The expression listen to him comes from Deut 18:15 and makes two points: 1) Jesus is a prophet like Moses, a leader-prophet, and 2) they have much yet to learn from him.

[5:24]  ⁸ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:24]  ⁹ tn Or “obeys.”

[5:24]  ¹⁰ tn Or “word.”

[5:24]  ¹¹ tn Grk “and does not come into judgment.”

[5:25]  ¹² tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[5:25]  ¹³ tn Grk “an hour.”

[8:47]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “who is of.”

[8:47]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “to God hears” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

[8:47]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “you do not hear” (in the sense of listening to something and responding to it).

[8:47]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “you are not of God.”