Luke 8:13

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The seed on rocky ground stands for those who hear the message and receive it with joy, but who have no roots. They believe for a while, but when they are tested, they fall away from the faith.

Cross References

John 5:35

John was like a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose to enjoy his light for a while.

Jude 1:12

These ungodly people are like stains at the meals you share. They’re shepherds who shamelessly feed only themselves. They’re like clouds without rain, blown along by the wind. They’re like trees that haven’t produced any fruit by the fall and are pulled out of the ground. That makes them dead in two ways.

2 Peter 2:22

What the proverbs say is true about them: “A dog returns to where it has thrown up” and “a pig that is washed goes back to rolling in the mud.”

2 Peter 2:20

They may have escaped from the corruption of the world, and they may have come to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if they get tangled up again in sin, and it becomes their master, then they’re worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

Hebrews 10:39

We’re not among the people who pull back and are destroyed. We’re among the people who have faith and are saved.

Ephesians 3:17

Then Christ will live in your hearts because you believe in him. And I pray that your love will have deep roots and a strong foundation.

James 2:26

Just as a person’s body is dead without their spirit, so faith that doesn’t lead a person to act is dead.

1 Timothy 1:19

and hold on to faith and a clear conscience. Some people have rejected these things, and now their faith is like a sinking ship.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

That’s why, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, I sent someone to find out about your faith. I was afraid that Satan had tempted you in some way and that our work among you had been useless.

Colossians 2:7

Put down deep roots and build yourselves up in him. Grow strong in your faith, just as you were taught, and overflow with thanksgiving.

Galatians 3:4

Have you experienced so much for nothing? (If it really was for nothing.)

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who cast a spell on you? When I preached, I showed you clearly that Jesus Christ had been nailed to the cross.

1 Corinthians 15:2

and you’re being saved by it. But you must hold firmly to the message I preached to you. Otherwise, you’ll have believed it for nothing.

John 15:6

If you don’t remain in me, you’ll be like a branch that breaks off and dries up. Branches like that are picked up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

John 15:2

He cuts off any of my branches that don’t bear fruit, and he trims every branch that does bear fruit so that it will bear even more fruit.

Colossians 1:23

But you must keep your faith steady and firm and not move away from the hope that the good news is offering you. This is the good news that you heard. It has been preached to every creature under heaven and I, Paul, am its servant.

1 Corinthians 13:2

If I have the gift of prophecy and can understand all the secret things of God and know everything about him, and if I have enough faith to move mountains, but I don’t have love, I’m nothing at all.

Mark 6:20

because Herod was afraid of John and kept him safe. Herod knew John was a holy man who did what was right. When he listened to him, he always felt uncomfortable, but he still liked to hear John speak.

1 John 2:19

These enemies left our community of believers, but they didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have stayed with us. By leaving, they showed that none of them really belonged to us.

Luke 8:12

The seed on the path is God’s message in the hearts of those who hear, but the devil comes and takes the message away from their hearts. They won’t believe and be saved.

Luke 8:14

The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear the message, but then, as they go on their way, are choked by life’s worries, riches, and pleasures, so they don’t reach full growth.