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Some fell into good soil, and when it grew it produced a hundredfold.” As he said this, he called out, “If you have ears to hear, then hear!”(A)

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Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.”

When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”(A)

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15 Let anyone with ears[a] listen!(A)

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  1. 11.15 Other ancient authorities add to hear

15 Whoever has ears, let them hear.(A)

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11 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. Whoever conquers will not be harmed by the second death.(A)

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11 Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.(B)

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Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.(A)

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Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(B) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(C) which is in the paradise(D) of God.

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20 And these are the ones sown on the good soil: they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.”

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20 Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

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Other seed fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.”(A)

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Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”(A)

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23 But as for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”(A)

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23 But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”(A)

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Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.(A) If you have ears,[a] hear!”(B)

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  1. 13.9 Other ancient authorities add to hear

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred,(A) sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear.”(B)

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12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
    the Lord has made them both.(A)

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12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—
    the Lord has made them both.(A)

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The Call of Wisdom

20 Wisdom cries out in the street;
    in the squares she raises her voice.(A)
21 At the busiest corner she cries out;
    at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
    and fools hate knowledge?(B)
23 Give heed to my reproof;
I will pour out my thoughts to you;
    I will make my words known to you.(C)

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Wisdom’s Rebuke

20 Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,(A)
    she raises her voice in the public square;
21 on top of the wall[a] she cries out,
    at the city gate she makes her speech:

22 “How long will you who are simple(B) love your simple ways?
    How long will mockers delight in mockery
    and fools hate(C) knowledge?
23 Repent at my rebuke!
    Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
    I will make known to you my teachings.

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  1. Proverbs 1:21 Septuagint; Hebrew / at noisy street corners

12 But to all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God,(A) 13 who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.(B)

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12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(A) in his name,(B) he gave the right to become children of God(C) 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(D)

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15 But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart and bear fruit with endurance.

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15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.

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And though the Lord persistently sent you all his servants the prophets, you have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear(A)

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And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets(A) to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention.(B)

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