Luke 14:35 BSB — MannaFest

Luke 14:35

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

It is fit neither for the land nor for the dunghill: men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

KJV

It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

On the Gospel of Luke (735)

He who has ears to hear, let him hear. That is, he who has ears of understanding, with which he can perceive the word of God, let him not despise but hear, obeying and doing what he has learned. For not a forgetful hearer, but …

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Cyril of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON LUKE, HOMILY 105 (444)

"Salt is good, but if the salt becomes tasteless, with what can it be seasoned? It is cast out," he says. He continues, "Let there be salt in you," that is, the divine words that bring salvation. If we despise these, we become tasteless, foolish and utterly useless. The congregation of the saints must throw out these things, by the gift of mercy and love to them from Christ, the Savior of us all.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If Christianity will not prevail to cure men of their worldliness and sensuality, if that remedy has been tried in vain, their ease must even be concluded desperate. [2.] It is of no use. It is not fit, as dung is, for the land, to manure that, nor will it be the better if it be laid in the dunghill to rot; there is nothing to be got out of it.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1858)

We learn, firstly, from this passage — that true Christians must be ready, if need be, to give up everything for Christ's sake. This is a lesson which is taught in very remarkable language. Our Lord says, "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters — yes, even his own life — he cannot be My disciple!" This expression must doubtless be interpreted with some qualification . We must never explain any text of Scripture in such a manner as to make it contradict another.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὔτε	oute	Neither [is it]	G3777 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
γῆν	gēn	soil	G1093 →
οὔτε	oute	nor	G3777 →
εἰς	eis	for	G1519 →
κοπρίαν	koprian	manure	G2874 →
εὔθετόν	eutheton	fit	G2111 →
ἐστιν·	estin	is it;	G1510 →
ἔξω	exō	out	G1854 →
βάλλουσιν	ballousin	they cast	G906 →
αὐτό.	auto	it.	G846 →
ὁ	ho	The [one]	G3588 →
ἔχων	echōn	having	G2192 →
ὦτα	ōta	ears	G3775 →
ἀκούειν	akouein	to hear	G191 →
ἀκουέτω.¶	akouetō	he should hear.	G191 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 2:7
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the…
leads to
- Revelation 2:17
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 2:11
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 11:15
  He who has ears, let him hear.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 13:43
  Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 13:9
  He who has an ear, let him hear:
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 2:29
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
leads to
- Revelation 2:7
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Matthew 11:15
He who has ears, let him hear.
leads to
- Matthew 13:9
  He who has ears, let him hear.”
Through
Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
leads to
- Revelation 20:6
  Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him…

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Luke

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Luke