Luke 8:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.”
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“The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And those by the way side are they that have heard; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 8:12 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 1:24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
- Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
- Isaiah 65:11But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
- Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
- Mark 4:15Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
- Luke 8:5“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
- James 1:23For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
- Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).