Luke 8:15 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁵ But that which fell on the good ground, these are such who when they heard the word, with a noble and good heart, hold on to it and bear fruit with endurance.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ But as for that [seed] in the good soil, these are [the people] who, hearing the Word, hold it fast in a just (noble, virtuous) and worthy heart, and steadily bring forth fruit with patience.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ The seed that fell on good soil are those who hear the word and commit themselves to it with a good and upright heart. Through their resolve, they bear fruit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ But those which were on good soil are those who, upon hearing the word with a good and noble heart, retain it, and they bring forth fruit in patience.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ But that on the good ground, are they who in a good and perfect heart, hearing the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit in patience.

Luke 8:15 Cross References

Matthew 24:13

But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Luke 11:28

But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"

Luke 6:45

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

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.

Luke 8:16

"No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts [it] under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

John 14:15

"If you love Me, keep My commandments.

John 15:10

If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and I abide in His love.

Romans 2:7

to those who by the endurance of good works are seeking glory and honor and incorruption-eternal life.

Romans 6:22

But now having been freed from sin, and having become enslaved to God, you have your fruit [resulting] in sanctification, and the end, eternal life.

Romans 7:18

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but [how] to do the good, I do not find.

Romans 7:4

Therefore, my brothers, you also were put to death to the law through the body of Christ, that you may be married to another-to Him who was raised from the dead, so that we might bear fruit to God.

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly await it with endurance.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; [it is] the gift of God,

Philippians 1:11

having been filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Colossians 1:10

that you should walk worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit and increasing in the full knowledge of God;

Colossians 1:6

which has come to you, just as also in all the world, and is bearing fruit and growing, just as also among you, from the day which you heard and fully knew the grace of God in truth;

Hebrews 10:36

For you have need of endurance, so that having done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

Hebrews 2:1

On account of this we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.

James 1:4

But let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

1 John 2:3

Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.