Luke 8:12

James Moffatt - New Testament

Those 'on the road' are people who hear; but then the devil comes and carries off the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Cross References

Revelation 12:9

So the huge dragon was thrown down — that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, the seducer of the whole world — thrown down to the earth, and his angels thrown down along with him.

Mark 4:15

As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there — as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.'

Luke 8:5

"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some seed fell on the road and was trampled down, and the wild birds ate it up;

Matthew 13:4

and as he sowed some seeds fell on the road and the birds came and ate them up.

Luke 8:11

This is what the parable means. The seed is the word of God.

Luke 8:13

Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.