Luke 8:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹² And those people [represented by the seed falling] along side of the road are those who have heard the word [of God], but the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they do not believe it and receive salvation.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Those along the traveled road are the people who have heard; then the devil comes and carries away the message out of their hearts, that they may not believe (acknowledge Me as their Savior and devote themselves to Me) and be saved [here and hereafter].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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.

Common English Bible

¹² The seed on the path are those who hear, but then the devil comes and steals the word from their hearts so that they won’t believe and be saved.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And those beside the way are those who hear it, but then the devil comes and takes the word from their heart, lest by believing it they may be saved.

Luke 8:12 Cross References

Revelation 12:9

Then the great dragon was thrown out [of heaven]; he is the snake from ancient times who is [also] called “the Devil,” and “Satan,” the deceiver of the entire world. He was thrown down to earth along with his angels.

Mark 4:15

Some of the seed that fell along the roadside represents where ‘the word’ was sown [i.e., preached]. When these people have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away ‘the word’ which had been sown in them.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one [i.e., the devil] comes to him and grabs away what had been sown in his heart. This is the person who was scattered to the side of the road.

Luke 8:5

“A farmer went out [to his field] to plant grain. And as he sowed [i.e., scattering seeds by hand], some of it landed along side of the road; it was stepped on by people and [eventually] birds of the sky came and ate it.

Matthew 13:4

And some of the seed he sowed [i.e., scattering it by hand] landed along the side of the road and birds came and ate it.

Luke 8:11

Now [the meaning of] the parable is this: The seed represents the word of God.

Luke 8:13

And those people [represented by the seed falling] on rocky ground are those who, upon hearing the word [of God], accept it gladly, but since they have no root [system], they believe it for [only] awhile, and [then] in times of trial fall away [from God].