If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear — the hearing refrain from the parables discourse (Mark 4:9, 23) appears here, attaching the defilement teaching to the parabolic mode of communication. The principle of verse 15, like the parables of chapter 4, requires active comprehension, not passive reception. The disciples will need private explanation (verses 17–23) even after this public teaching.

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