If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear — the repeated refrain from verse 9 punctuates the lamp saying as it punctuated the sower parable. The call to hear is the consistent summons throughout the parable discourse: the parables require active hearing, and the responsibility for understanding rests with the hearer. The repetition of the refrain creates a rhythm that emphasizes the hearing requirement at each major turning point in the discourse. Ears to hear is not an anatomical description but a metaphor for the receptive heart — the good soil of the first parable restated in sensory terms.

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