Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Ver. 9. Who hath ears to hear, &c.] q.d. Some have ears to hear, some not. So he divideth his hearers into auritos et surdos. All men have not faith, saith St Paul. Men's ears must be bored, as David's, their hearts opened, as Lydia's, ere the word can enter. Pray we that Christ would say Ephphatha unto us, and that when he opens our ears, and by them our hearts, that he would make the bore big enough: since with what measure we mete, it shall be measured to us, and unto us that hear shall more be given, Matthew 4:24. The greater diligence we use in hearing, the more apparent shall be our profiting.