Luke 8:13

New Century Version

The seed that fell on rock is like those who hear God’s teaching and accept it gladly, but they don’t allow the teaching to go deep into their lives. They believe for a while, but when trouble comes, they give up.

Cross References

Job 19:28

“If you say, ‘We will continue to trouble Job, because the problem lies with him,’

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked want what other evil people have stolen, but good people want to give what they have to others.

Proverbs 12:3

Doing evil brings no safety at all, but a good person has safety and security.

Isaiah 58:2

They still come every day looking for me and want to learn my ways. They act just like a nation that does what is right, that obeys the commands of its God. They ask me to judge them fairly. They want God to be near them.

Ezekiel 33:32

To your people you are nothing more than a singer who sings love songs and has a beautiful voice and plays a musical instrument well. They hear your words, but they will not obey them.

Hosea 6:4

The Lord says, “Israel, what should I do with you? Judah, what should I do with you? Your faithfulness is like a morning mist, like the dew that goes away early in the day.

Mark 6:20

because Herod was afraid of John and protected him. He knew John was a good and holy man. Also, though John’s preaching always bothered him, he enjoyed listening to John.

Luke 8:12

The seed that fell beside the road is like the people who hear God’s teaching, but the devil comes and takes it away from them so they cannot believe it and be saved.

Luke 8:14

The seed that fell among the thorny weeds is like those who hear God’s teaching, but they let the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life keep them from growing and producing good fruit.

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. And he trims and cleans every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce even more fruit.

John 15:6

If any do not remain in me, they are like a branch that is thrown away and then dies. People pick up dead branches, throw them into the fire, and burn them.

John 5:35

John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.

1 Corinthians 13:2

I may have the gift of prophecy. I may understand all the secret things of God and have all knowledge, and I may have faith so great I can move mountains. But even with all these things, if I do not have love, then I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:2

And you are being saved by it if you continue believing what I told you. If you do not, then you believed for nothing.

Galatians 3:1

You people in Galatia were told very clearly about the death of Jesus Christ on the cross. But you were foolish; you let someone trick you.

Galatians 3:4

Were all your experiences wasted? I hope not!

Ephesians 3:17

I pray that Christ will live in your hearts by faith and that your life will be strong in love and be built on love.

Colossians 1:23

This will happen if you continue strong and sure in your faith. You must not be moved away from the hope brought to you by the Good News that you heard. That same Good News has been told to everyone in the world, and I, Paul, help in preaching that Good News.

Colossians 2:7

Keep your roots deep in him and have your lives built on him. Be strong in the faith, just as you were taught, and always be thankful.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Because of this, when I could wait no longer, I sent Timothy to you so I could learn about your faith. I was afraid the devil had tempted you, and perhaps our hard work would have been wasted.

1 Timothy 1:19

Continue to have faith and do what you know is right. Some people have rejected this, and their faith has been shipwrecked.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not those who turn back and are lost. We are people who have faith and are saved.

James 2:26

Just as a person’s body that does not have a spirit is dead, so faith that does nothing is dead!

2 Peter 2:20

They were made free from the evil in the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if they return to evil things and those things control them, then it is worse for them than it was before.

2 Peter 2:22

What they did is like this true saying: “A dog goes back to what it has thrown up,” and, “After a pig is washed, it goes back and rolls in the mud.”

1 John 2:19

These enemies of Christ were in our fellowship, but they left us. They never really belonged to us; if they had been a part of us, they would have stayed with us. But they left, and this shows that none of them really belonged to us.

Jude 1:12

They are like dirty spots in your special Christian meals you share. They eat with you and have no fear, caring only for themselves. They are clouds without rain, which the wind blows around. They are autumn trees without fruit that are pulled out of the ground. So they are twice dead.