Luke 8:13 - The Scriptures 2009

¹³ “And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of trial 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

Job 19:28

If you say, ‘Why do we persecute him?’ Seeing the root of the matter has been found in me,

Proverbs 12:12

The wrong shall covet the catch of evil-doers, But the root of the righteous yields fruit.

Proverbs 12:3

A man is not established by wrongness, But the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Isaiah 58:2

“Yet they seek Me day by day, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and did not forsake the right-ruling of their Elohim. They ask of Me rulings of righteousness, they delight in drawing near to Elohim.

Ezekiel 33:32

“And see, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a beautiful voice and playing well on an instrument. And they hear your words, but they do not do them.

Hosea 6:4

“Ephrayim, what would I do with you? Yehuḏah, what would I do with you? For your loving-commitment is like a morning cloud, and like the early dew it goes away.

Mark 6:20

for Herodes feared Yoḥanan, knowing that he was a righteous and set-apart man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he was much perplexed, yet heard him gladly.

Luke 8:12

“And those by the wayside are the ones who hear, then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, lest having believed, they should be saved.

Luke 8:14

“And that which fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with worries, and riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.

John 15:2

“Every branch in Me that bears no fruit He takes away. And every branch that bears fruit He prunes, so that it bears more fruit.

John 15:6

“If anyone does not stay in Me, he is thrown away as 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 for a while you wished to rejoice in his light.

1 Corinthians 13:2

And if I have prophecy, and know all secrets and all knowledge, and if I have all belief, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am none at all.

1 Corinthians 15:2

through which also you are being saved, if you hold fast that word I brought as Good News to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

Galatians 3:1

O senseless Galatians! Who has put you under a spell, not to obey the truth – before whose eyes יהושע Messiah was clearly portrayed among you as impaled?

Galatians 3:4

Have you suffered so much in vain – if indeed in vain?

Ephesians 3:17

that the Messiah might dwell in your hearts through belief – having become rooted and grounded in love,

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the belief, founded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the expectation of the Good News which you heard, which was proclaimed to every creature under the heaven, of which I, Sha’ul, became a servant,

Colossians 2:7

having been rooted and built up in Him, and established in the belief, as you were taught, overflowing in it with thanksgiving.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Because of this, when I could no longer stand it, I sent to find out about your belief, lest the trying one might have tried you, and our labour should be in vain.

1 Timothy 1:19

having belief and a good conscience, which some have thrust aside and suffered shipwreck concerning their belief.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of belief to the preservation of life.

James 2:26

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

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Master and Saviour יהושע Messiah, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the first.

2 Peter 2:22

For them the proverb has proved true, “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “A washed sow returns to her rolling in the mud.”

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 stayed with us – but in order that it might be made manifest that none of them were of us.

Jude 1:12

These are rocky reefs in your love feasts, feasting with you, feeding themselves without fear, waterless clouds borne about by the winds, late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots,