Mark 4:9

And he said, “Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!” ¹ 

Mt 11:15; Mt 13:9; Mt 15:10; Mr 4:3,23,24; Mr 7:14,16; Lu 8:18; Re 3:6,13,22

¹ tn The translation “had better listen!” captures the force of the third person imperative more effectively than the traditional “let him hear,” which sounds more like a permissive than an imperative to the modern English reader. This was Jesus’ common expression to listen and heed carefully (cf. Matt 11:15; 13:9, 43; Mark 4:23; Luke 8:8, 14:35).