Luke 8:12

Good News Translation (US Version)

The seeds that fell along the path stand for those who hear; but the Devil comes and takes the message away from their hearts in order to keep them from believing and being saved.

Cross References

Revelation 12:9

The huge dragon was thrown out—that ancient serpent, named the Devil, or Satan, that deceived the whole world. He was thrown down to earth, and all his angels with him.

Mark 4:15

Some people are like the seeds that fall along the path; as soon as they hear the message, Satan comes and takes it away.

Matthew 13:19

Those who hear the message about the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them.

Proverbs 4:5

Get wisdom and insight! Do not forget or ignore what I say.

Proverbs 1:29

You have never had any use for knowledge and have always refused to obey the Lord.

Luke 8:5

“Once there was a man who went out to sow grain. As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it up.

Isaiah 65:11

“But it will be different for you that forsake me, who ignore Zion, my sacred hill, and worship Gad and Meni, the gods of luck and fate.

Matthew 13:4

As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.

Luke 8:11

“This is what the parable means: the seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:13

The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who hear the message and receive it gladly. But it does not sink deep into them; they believe only for a while but when the time of testing comes, they fall away.