Luke 8:15 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁵ But as for that in the good soil, these are the ones who, when they hear the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patient 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.

Luke 8:15 Cross References

Psalm 119:11

I treasure your word in my heart, so that I may not sin against you.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

Proverbs 3:1

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 32:29

The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come, set it on fire, and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal and libations have been poured out to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

Matthew 24:13

But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Luke 11:28

But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Luke 6:45

The good person out of the good treasure of the heart produces good, and the evil person out of evil treasure produces evil; for it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.

Luke 8:14

As for what fell among the thorns, these are the ones who hear; but as they go on their way, they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

Luke 8:16

“No one after lighting a lamp hides it under a jar, or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

John 14:15

“If you love me, you will 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 abide in his love.

Romans 2:7

to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been freed from sin and enslaved to God, the advantage you get is sanctification. The end is eternal life.

Romans 7:18

For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it.

Romans 7:4

In the same way, my friends, you have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God.

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing; but obeying the commandments of God is everything.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—

Deuteronomy 30:6

Moreover, the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live.

Philippians 1:11

having produced the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 1:6

that has come to you. Just as it is bearing fruit and growing in the whole world, so it has been bearing fruit among yourselves from the day you heard it and truly comprehended the grace of God.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.

James 1:4

and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.

1 John 2:3

Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments.