Luke 8:15

New Century Version

And the seed that fell on the good ground is like those who hear God’s teaching with good, honest hearts and obey it and patiently produce good fruit.

Cross References

Hebrews 10:36

You must hold on, so you can do what God wants and receive what he has promised.

Luke 6:45

Good people bring good things out of the good they stored in their hearts. But evil people bring evil things out of the evil they stored in their hearts. People speak the things that are in their hearts.

1 John 2:3

We can be sure that we know God if we obey his commands.

Colossians 1:10

so that you will live the kind of life that honors and pleases the Lord in every way. You will produce fruit in every good work and grow in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 1:6

that was told to you. Everywhere in the world that Good News is bringing blessings and is growing. This has happened with you, too, since you heard the Good News and understood the truth about the grace of God.

John 14:15

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

Luke 11:28

But Jesus said, “No, blessed are those who hear the teaching of God and obey it.”

Philippians 1:11

that you will be filled with the good things produced in your life by Christ to bring glory and praise to God.

Romans 7:4

In the same way, my brothers and sisters, your old selves died, and you became free from the law through the body of Christ. This happened so that you might belong to someone else—the One who was raised from the dead—and so that we might be used in service to God.

Romans 6:22

But now you are free from sin and have become slaves of God. This brings you a life that is only for God, and this gives you life forever.

John 15:10

I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and I remain in his love. In the same way, if you obey my commands, you will remain in my love.

Matthew 24:13

But those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved.

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will prepare you and your descendants to love him with your whole being so that you will live.

Hebrews 2:1

So we must be more careful to follow what we were taught. Then we will not stray away from the truth.

Ephesians 2:8

I mean that you have been saved by grace through believing. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.

1 Corinthians 7:19

It is not important if a man is circumcised or not. The important thing is obeying God’s commands.

Romans 7:18

Yes, I know that nothing good lives in me—I mean nothing good lives in the part of me that is earthly and sinful. I want to do the things that are good, but I do not do them.

Romans 2:7

Some people, by always continuing to do good, live for God’s glory, for honor, and for life that has no end. God will give them life forever.

Jeremiah 31:33

“This is the agreement I will make with the people of Israel at that time,” says the Lord: “I will put my teachings in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

James 1:4

Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do. Then you will be perfect and complete and will have everything you need.

Jeremiah 32:29

The Babylonian army is already attacking the city of Jerusalem. They will soon enter it and start a fire to burn down the city and its houses. The people of Jerusalem offered sacrifices to Baal on the roofs of those same houses and poured out drink offerings to other idols to make me angry.

Jeremiah 15:16

Your words came to me, and I listened carefully to them. Your words made me very happy, because I am called by your name, Lord God All-Powerful.

Proverbs 3:1

My child, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in mind.

Psalm 119:11

I have taken your words to heart so I would not sin against you.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a pure heart, God, and make my spirit right again.

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.

Luke 8:16

“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a bowl or hides it under a bed. Instead, the person puts it on a lampstand so those who come in will see the light.

Romans 8:25

But we are hoping for something we do not have yet, and we are waiting for it patiently.