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Luke 14:35

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14:35It is of no value108 for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out.109 The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”110

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Footnotes

  1. 108 Or “It is not useful” (L&N 65.32).
  2. 109 Grk “they throw it out.” The third person plural with unspecified subject is a circumlocution for the passive here.
  3. 110 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 4:9, 23; Luke 8:8).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.

“Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It isn’t fit for the soil or for the manure pile; they throw it out. Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Flavorless salt is good neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown away. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It is usable neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; they throw it out. The one who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.