It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
Parallel Translations
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It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile. It is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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It is nether good for the londe nor yet for the donge hill but men cast it out at the dores. He that hath eares to heare let him heare.
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It is neither meete for the land, nor yet for the dunghill, but men cast it out. He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Luke 14:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 11:15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
- Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
- Revelation 2:11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who overcomes won’t be harmed by the second death.
- Matthew 13:9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
- Luke 9:44 “Let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of Man will be delivered up into the hands of men.”
- Revelation 2:29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
- Luke 8:8 Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and produced one hundred times as much fruit.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”
- John 15:6 If a man doesn’t remain in me, he is thrown out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
- Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 35 It is neither fit for the land, nor…
35 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.
Ver. 35. He that hath ears to hear] This is usually added by our Saviour in matters of greatest consequence and nearest concernment. {See Trapp on "Mat 13:9"} {See Trapp on "Mat 13:43"}
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 35. Fit neither for the land—That is, to be…
35. Fit neither for the land—That is, to be used as soil; neither as manure.
He that hath ears to hear—The commentator will fail to understand this whole discourse, 25-35, unless he keeps in his eye the audience to which it was so kindly directed; namely, a retinue of loose but admiring attendants, who applauded at every step, but who were liable, under opposing influences, to cry crucify him to-morrow. This expostulation aims to call them to consider their depth of feeling and the true method of being an earnest disciple of Jesus. He illustrates his meaning by the most practical examples, popular but expressive, and founded in the truest common sense as well as the deepest wisdom. The whole is impressively closed with earnest admonitions to every man who had ears to hear his touching words, to accept them in their true force. Some of them may truly have heard with the ear of the soul. It was from this pitiable yet interesting class that many of his followers who formed the body of his apostolic Church after his ascension, were gathered. For true religion easier finds its way to the vacant destitute soul, which has merely the primitive common sense which God has given, than into the most cultivated mind occupied already with its systems and with its prejudices.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 35. men cast it out] There is nothing stronger…
35. men cast it out] There is nothing stronger than salt which can restore to it its lost pungency. Hence, if it have been spoilt by rain or exposure, it is only fit to be used for paths. The peril of backsliding, the worthlessness of the state produced by apostasy, is represented in St John (Luk_15:6) by the cutting off and burning of the dead and withered branch. The main lesson of these three similitudes is expressed with its full force in Heb_6:4-12; Heb_10:26-39; and the importance of it is emphasized by the proverbial expression, “He that hath ears to hear,” &c. (Mat_11:15; Deu_29:4; Isa_6:9-10).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (35) It is neither fit for the land, nor…
(35) It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill.—The illustration, differing as it does from that in Mat_5:13 and Mar_9:50, proves the independence of the saying as here recorded. A new use of salt, distinct from that of preserving food, or its symbolic meaning in sacrifice, is brought before us, and becomes the ground-work of a new parable. The use is obviously a lower and humbler one than the others. The salt serves, mingling with the dung-hill, to manure and prepare the ground for the reception of the seed. Bear this in mind, and the interpretation of the parable, connected, as it thus is, with that of the Fig-tree (see Note on Luk_13:8), is obvious. A corrupt church cannot even exercise an influence for good over the secular life of the nation which it represents. The religious man whose religion has become an hypocrisy cannot even be a good citizen, or help others forward in the duties of their active life by teaching or example. The church and the individual man are alike fit only to be “cast out”—to become, i.e., a by-word and proverb of reproach. Our Lord’s sense, if we may so speak, of the depth and fulness of the meaning of His words, is shown by His emphatic reproduction of the words that had accompanied His first parable, “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 14:35 good neither for the soil nor for the…
14:35 good neither for the soil nor for the manure pile: Salt had various uses in the ancient world, including flavoring (14:34), preserving, and weed-killing. The sludge left after removing the sodium chloride was useless.
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