Luke 8:8

And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Ears to hear, let him hear i.e. he that is willing to hear the word of God, and diligently comply with what is therein commanded, let him be attentive to the words of Christ. For the sight, hearing, and other senses, were not given to man to be used only as beasts use them, but likewise that they might profit his soul to eternal life. (Tirinus)

Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220
-which now claims notice as having furnished to Christ that frequent form of His earnest instruction: "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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