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Gill's Exposition
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. A way of speaking used by Christ, when anything serious, and of great importance, was delivered; and which required attention, and was not easily understood:…
Barnes' Notes
If ye will receive it - This is a mode of speaking implying that the doctrine which he was about to state was different from their common views; that he was about to state something which varied from…
We have here the high encomium which our Lord Jesus gave of John the Baptist; not only to revive his honour, but to revive his work. Some of Christ's disciples might perhaps take occasion from the…
Cambridge Bible
if ye will receive it The present unhappy circumstances in which John was placed seemed inconsistent with such a view of his mission (Meyer).
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