Luke 8:12 - King James Version - American Edition

¹² Those by the wayside are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And they by the way side are they that hear; then the devil cometh, and taketh the word out of their heart, lest believing they should be saved.

Luke 8:12 Cross References

Proverbs 1:29

for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Isaiah 65:11

But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.

Matthew 13:19

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the wayside.

Matthew 13:4

and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

Mark 4:15

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Luke 8:11

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:13

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.

Luke 8:5

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.