If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”

The one who has ears had better listen!

The one who has ears had better listen!”

And he said, “Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’

“So listen to the parable of the sower:

What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.

If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!

It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, “We will hear you again about this.”

Agrippa said to Festus, “I would also like to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he replied, “you will hear him.”

For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

“The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said, “This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?”

The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

He answered, “I told you already and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”