Matthew 13:19

God's Word

Someone hears the word about the kingdom but doesn’t understand it. The evil one comes at once and snatches away what was planted in him. This is what the seed planted along the road illustrates.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Stubborn fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 17:16

Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he doesn’t have a mind to grasp anything?

Ezekiel 31:18

“ ‘This tree is you, Pharaoh, and all your many people. No tree in Eden has ever been as honorable and as great as you. But you will be brought down below the earth with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the godless people who were killed in battle, declares the Almighty Lord.’ ”

Matthew 12:26

If Satan forces Satan out, he is divided against himself. How, then, can his kingdom last?

Matthew 13:20

The seed planted on rocky ground ⌞is the person who⌟ hears the word and accepts it at once with joy.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world. The good seeds are those who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those who belong to the evil one.

Matthew 4:23

Jesus went all over Galilee. He taught in the synagogues and spread the Good News of the kingdom. He also cured every disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 5:37

Simply say yes or no. Anything more than that comes from the evil one.

Mark 4:15

Some people are like seeds that were planted along the road. Whenever they hear the word, Satan comes at once and takes away the word that was planted in them.

Luke 10:9

Heal the sick that are there, and tell the people, ‘God’s kingdom is near you!’

Luke 9:2

He sent them to spread the message about God’s kingdom and to cure the sick.

John 18:38

Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” After Pilate said this, he went out to the Jews again and told them, “I don’t find this man guilty of anything.

John 8:43

Why don’t you understand the language I use? Is it because you can’t understand the words I use?

Acts 17:32

When the people of the court heard that a person had come back to life, some began joking about it, while others said, “We’ll hear you talk about this some other time.”

Acts 18:15

But since you’re disputing words, names, and your own teachings, you’ll have to take care of that yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge who gets involved in those things.”

Acts 20:25

“Now I know that none of you whom I told about God’s kingdom will see me again.

Acts 28:23

On a designated day a larger number of influential Jews ⌞than expected⌟ went to the place where Paul was staying. From morning until evening, Paul was explaining God’s kingdom to them. He was trying to convince them about Jesus from Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets.

Romans 1:28

And because they thought it was worthless to acknowledge God, God allowed their own immoral minds to control them. So they do these indecent things.

Romans 14:17

God’s kingdom does not consist of what a person eats or drinks. Rather, God’s kingdom consists of God’s approval and peace, as well as the joy that the Holy Spirit gives.

Romans 2:8

anger and fury on those who, in selfish pride, refuse to believe the truth and who follow what is wrong.

Ephesians 3:8

I am the least of all God’s people. Yet, God showed me his kindness by allowing me to spread the Good News of the immeasurable wealth of Christ to people who are not Jewish.

2 Thessalonians 2:12

Then everyone who did not believe the truth, but was delighted with what God disapproves of, will be condemned.

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⌟.

1 John 3:12

Don’t be like Cain. He was a child of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain murder his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil and the things his brother did had God’s approval.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who have been born from God don’t go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one can’t harm them.

1 John 5:20

We know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we know the real God. We are in the one who is real, his Son Jesus Christ. This Jesus Christ is the real God and eternal life.