12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
• 1Pet 2:2 — As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:
• 2Cor 9:6 — But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
• 2Pet 2:1 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring up
• Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
• Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
• Isa 55:3 — Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
• Jer 17:21 — Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
• John 5:25 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
• John 10:5 — And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
• John 10:16 — And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
• John 10:27 — My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
• Luke 6:27 — But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
• Luke 6:37 — Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
• Luke 6:38 — Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measu
• Luke 8:18 — Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
• Luke 11:36 — If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
• Mark 9:7 — And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
• Matt 7:2 — For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
• Matt 7:2 — For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
• Matt 13:12 — For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
• Prov 19:27 — Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
• Prov 19:27 — Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
• Rom 10:17 — So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.