Luke 8:13 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹³ But those on the rock are they that, whenever they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of testing fall away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ And those upon the rock [are the people] who, when they hear [the Word], receive and welcome it with joy; but these have no root. They believe for a while, and in time of trial and temptation fall away (withdraw and stand aloof).

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

Common English Bible

¹³ The seed on the rock are those who receive the word joyfully when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while but fall away when they are tempted.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Now those upon rock are those who, when they hear it, accept the word with joy, but these have no roots. So they believe for a time, but in a time of testing, they fall away.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Now they upon the rock, are they who when they hear, receive the word with joy: and these have no roots; for they believe for a while, and in time of temptation, they fall away.

Luke 8:13 Cross References

Mark 6:20

for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he was protecting him. And when he heard him, he did many things, but he would hear him gladly.

Luke 8:12

And those beside the road are they that hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, lest they believe and be saved.

Luke 8:14

And that which fell among thorns, these are those, who when they heard, go out and are choked with anxieties, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

John 15:2

Every branch in Me which does not bear fruit He takes away; and every [branch] which bears fruit He prunes, so that it may bear more fruit.

John 15:6

If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out like a branch and dries up; and they gather them and throw [them] into the fire, and they are burned.

John 5:35

He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

1 Corinthians 13:2

And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:2

through which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you-unless you believed in vain.

Galatians 3:1

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was portrayed publicly among you as crucified?

Galatians 3:4

Have you suffered so many things in vain-If indeed [they] really [were] in vain?

Ephesians 3:17

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; being rooted and founded in love,

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the faith, having been founded and firm and not drifting away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was proclaimed to all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Colossians 2:7

having been rooted and built up in Him and being established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Because of this, when I could no longer endure [it], I sent to learn about your faith, lest somehow the tempter had tempted you, and our labor be in vain.

1 Timothy 1:19

having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of [those] shrinking back to destruction, but of faith, to the saving of the soul.

James 2:26

For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

2 Peter 2:20

For if having escaped from the corruptions of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, yet by these, having become entangled they are defeated, the latter end has become worse for them than the first.

2 Peter 2:22

But it has happened to them [according to] the [saying] of the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit,"and, "A sow, having washed, [returns ] to her wallowing in the mire."

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but [they went out] in order that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

Jude 1:12

These are stains in your love feasts, while they feast [with you] without fear, caring for themselves, they are waterless clouds being carried along by winds; late autumn trees unfruitful, twice having died, having been uprooted,