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Mark 4:23-25
New Catholic Bible
Mark 4:23-25
New Catholic Bible
23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
24 The Parable of the Measure.[a] He also told them, “Pay careful attention to what you hear. The measure you give will be the measure you will receive, and you will receive more in addition. 25 To the one who has, more will be given; from the one who does not have, even what little he has will be taken away.”[b]
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- Mark 4:24 As an example of the way in which the sayings of Jesus were handed on, we may observe that the parable about measure is applied here to the reception of the “word,” but is used in Matthew (7:2) and Luke (6:38) with reference to judgment of one’s brother or sister.
- Mark 4:25 To the one who has, more will be given. . . : one of the meanings of this text is that those who appropriate the truth more will receive more truth in the future; however, those who do not respond to what little truth they may know already will not profit even from that amount.
