Luke 8:15

New English Translation

But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

Cross References

Psalm 119:11

In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you.

Psalm 51:10

Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!

Proverbs 3:1

My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments,

Jeremiah 15:16

As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you.

Jeremiah 31:33

“But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the Lord. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:29

The Babylonian soldiers that are attacking this city will break into it and set it on fire. They will burn it down along with the houses where people have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods on their rooftops.

Matthew 24:13

But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

Luke 11:28

But he replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!”

Luke 6:45

The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.

Luke 8:14

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.

Luke 8:16

“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.

John 14:15

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

John 15:10

If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

Romans 6:22

But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life.

Romans 7:18

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it.

Romans 7:4

So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God.

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.

1 Corinthians 7:19

Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God’s commandments is what counts.

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God;

Deuteronomy 30:6

The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live.

Philippians 1:11

filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

Colossians 1:6

that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

James 1:4

And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

1 John 2:3

Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments.