King James Version
Mark 7:16 in the King James Version says “If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.”
Mark 7:16 · KJV
And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
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.
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
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“have”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
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