'Listen' in the Bible

And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town.

The one who has ears had better listen!

He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow.

The one who has ears had better listen!"

And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend.

"So listen to the parable of the sower:

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

Then he called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!"

But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.

"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey.

Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Listen, I have told you!"

"Listen! A sower went out to sow.

And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!"

If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!"

If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them."

because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.

Then he called the crowd again and said to them, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand.

Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!"

Jesus answered, "The most important is: 'Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

When some of the bystanders heard it they said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!"

Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain." As he said this, he called out, "The one who has ears to hear had better listen!"

So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him."

Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him!"

It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!"

And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says!

And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts.

He said to them, "Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters,

The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God's words. You don't listen and respond, because you don't belong to God."

He answered, "I told you already and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don't want to become his disciples too, do you?"

We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.

All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

Many of them were saying, "He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?"

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me."

But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.

"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know --

So he replied, "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us."

So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said, "Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:

After they stopped speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me.

"Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you."

because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.

"Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!"

It is written in the law: "By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me," says the Lord.

Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed --

Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all!

Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!

As it says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

So God again ordains a certain day, "Today," speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, "O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts."

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?

We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

Listen! I am going to make those people from the synagogue of Satan -- who say they are Jews yet are not, but are lying -- Look, I will make them come and bow down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.

Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me.

If anyone has an ear, he had better listen!