Luke 8:15

God's Word

The seeds that were planted on good ground are people who also hear the word. But they keep it in their good and honest hearts and produce what is good despite what life may bring.

Cross References

Psalm 119:11

I have treasured your promise in my heart so that I may not sin against you.

Psalm 51:10

Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a faithful spirit within me.

Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teachings, and keep my commands in mind,

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words were found, and I devoured them. Your words are my joy and my heart’s delight, because I am called by your name, O Lord God of Armies.

Jeremiah 31:33

“But this is the promise that I will make to Israel after those days,” declares the Lord: “I will put my teachings inside them, and I will write those teachings on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:29

“The Babylonians who are attacking this city will break in, set this city on fire, and burn it down. They will burn down the houses of people who made me furious by going up to the roofs to burn incense to Baal and to pour out wine offerings to other gods.

Matthew 24:13

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

Luke 11:28

Jesus replied, “Rather, how blessed are those who hear and obey God’s word.”

Luke 6:45

Good people do the good that is in them. But evil people do the evil that is in them. The things people say come from inside them.

Luke 8:14

The seeds that were planted among thornbushes are people who hear the word, but as life goes on the worries, riches, and pleasures of life choke them. So they don’t produce anything good.

Luke 8:16

“No one lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl or puts it under a bed. Instead, everyone who lights a lamp puts it on a lamp stand so that those who come in will see the light.

John 14:15

“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

John 15:10

If you obey my commandments, you will live in my love. I have obeyed my Father’s commandments, and in that way I live in his love.

Romans 2:7

He will give everlasting life to those who search for glory, honor, and immortality by persisting in doing what is good. But he will bring

Romans 6:22

Now you have been freed from sin and have become God’s slaves. This results in a holy life and, finally, in everlasting life.

Romans 7:18

I know that nothing good lives in me; that is, nothing good lives in my corrupt nature. Although I have the desire to do what is right, I don’t do it.

Romans 7:4

In the same way, brothers and sisters, you have died to the laws in Moses’ Teachings through Christ’s body. You belong to someone else, the one who was brought back to life. As a result, we can do what God wants.

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we don’t see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing, and the lack of it is nothing. But keeping what God commands is everything.

Ephesians 2:8

God saved you through faith as an act of kindness. You had nothing to do with it. Being saved is a gift from God.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants. You will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and you will live.

Philippians 1:11

Jesus Christ will fill your lives with everything that God’s approval produces. Your lives will then bring glory and praise to God.

Colossians 1:10

We ask this so that you will live the kind of lives that prove you belong to the Lord. Then you will want to please him in every way as you grow in producing every kind of good work by this knowledge about God.

Colossians 1:6

This Good News is present with you now. It is producing results and spreading all over the world as it did among you from the first day you heard it. At that time you came to know what God’s kindness  truly means.

Hebrews 10:36

You need endurance so that after you have done what God wants you to do, you can receive what he has promised.

Hebrews 2:1

For this reason we must pay closer attention to what we have heard. Then we won’t drift away ⌞from the truth⌟.

James 1:4

Endure until your testing is over. Then you will be mature and complete, and you won’t need anything.

1 John 2:3

We are sure that we know Christ if we obey his commandments.