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Mk 4:23 ... "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"

Verse 4:23 has two phrases containing these 6 dialog words ... Ei tis echei hōta akouein, akouetō ("If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear")!

The 6 dialog words are top down. The rest of this parable is for the benefit of the 12 disciples. The last two words of the verse "akouein, akouetō" (to hear, let him hear) are tangent to the hearing circles of the presumed ears of the disciples. The imagery of the text matches the diagram.

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