Luke 8:13

Free Bible Version

The seeds that fall on the stony ground are those who hear and welcome the message with joy but don't have any roots. They trust for a while but when difficult times come they give up.

Cross References

Job 19:28

You say to yourselves, ‘How can we make him suffer so he can see he is the source of his problems?’

Proverbs 12:12

Wicked people long for ill-gotten gains, but good people are productive themselves.

Proverbs 12:3

Wickedness doesn't provide security, but those who live right are deeply rooted and cannot be moved.

Isaiah 58:2

Every day they come to me, pleased to know my ways as if they were a nation that does what is right and follows the laws of their God! They ask me to treat them right; they like to be close to their God.

Ezekiel 33:32

In fact, to them you're just someone who sings love songs with a lovely voice and who is a fine musician. They listen to the message you share, but they don't do anything about it.

Hosea 6:4

Ephraim, what shall I do with you? Judah, what shall I do with you? Your love disappears like mist at dawn; it vanishes like dew in the morning.

Mark 6:20

because Herod knew John was a holy man who did what was right. Herod protected John and though what John said was very disturbing to him, he was still happy to hear what he had to say.

Luke 8:12

The seeds that fall on the road are those who hear the message, but then the devil comes and steals away the truth from their minds so they won't trust in God and be saved.

Luke 8:14

The seeds that fall among thorns are those who hear the message but it's choked out by life's distractions—worries, wealth, pleasure—so they don't produce anything.

John 15:2

He cuts off every one of my branches that doesn't bear fruit. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so it can bear even more.

John 15:6

Anyone who doesn't remain in me is like a branch that is thrown out and dries up. Such branches are gathered together, thrown into the fire and burned.

John 5:35

John was like a brightly-burning light, and you were willing to enjoy his light for a while.

1 Corinthians 13:2

If I were to speak prophecies, to know every secret mystery and be completely knowledgeable, and if I were able to have so much faith I could move mountains, but have no love, then I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:2

It is through this good news that you are saved if you hold on to the message that I gave you. Otherwise you trusted for nothing!

Galatians 3:1

You Galatians, you've lost your heads! Who has put you under a spell? The death of Jesus Christ on a cross was clearly presented to you so you could see!

Galatians 3:4

Did you go through so much suffering for nothing? (It really wasn't for nothing was it?)

Ephesians 3:17

May Christ live in you as you trust in him, so that as you are planted deep in love,

Colossians 1:23

But your trust in him must continue rock-solid and immovable. Don't be shaken from the hope of the good news that you heard, the good news that's been shared throughout the world—that's the work that I Paul have been doing.

Colossians 2:7

grounded in him and built up by him. May your trust in him continue to grow strong, following what you were taught, full of gratitude to God.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

This is why, when I couldn't stand it anymore, I sent to find out whether you were still trusting in God. I was concerned that the devil had successfully tempted you and that all our work had been for nothing!

1 Timothy 1:19

Keep on trusting God and make sure you have a clear conscience. Some have refused to do this and have shipwrecked their trust in God.

Hebrews 10:39

But we're not the kind of people who draw back and end up being lost. We are those who trust in God to save us.

James 2:26

Just as the body is dead without the spirit, trust in God is dead if you don't do what's right.

2 Peter 2:20

If people manage to escape from the evil influence of the world by knowing the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then get tangled up in sin again and are defeated, they are worse off than they were in the first place.

2 Peter 2:22

This proverb has come true for them: “The dog has returned to its own vomit, and the washed pig has gone back to rolling in the mud.”

1 John 2:19

They left us, but they didn't belong with us, for if they did, they would have remained with us. When they left they showed that none of them belonged with us.

Jude 1:12

These people spoil your fellowship meals, for they are selfish shepherds that don't have the slightest sense of shame—they only take care of themselves. They're clouds blown along by the wind that bring no rain. They're bare trees without fruit—twice dead, pulled out by the roots.