Luke 8:12

The Passion Translation

The hard pathway represents the hard hearts of those who hear the word of God but the slanderer quickly snatches away what was sown in their hearts to keep them from believing and experiencing salvation.

Cross References

Revelation 12:9

So the great dragon was thrown down once and for all. He was the serpent, the ancient snake called the devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole earth. He was cast down into the earth and his angels along with him.

Mark 4:15

What falls on the beaten path represents those who hear the message, but immediately Satan appears and snatches it from their hearts.

Matthew 13:19

“What was sown along the path represents the one who listens to the message of the kingdom but doesn’t understand it. The Adversary then comes and snatches away what was sown into his heart.

Proverbs 4:5

So make wisdom your quest— search for the revelation of life’s meaning. Don’t let what I say go in one ear and out the other.

Proverbs 1:29

Because you have turned up your nose at me and closed your eyes to the facts and refused to worship me in awe —

Luke 8:5

“A farmer went out to sow seeds for a harvest. As he scattered his seeds, some of them fell on the hard pathway and were quickly trampled down and unable to grow and became nothing but bird seed.

Isaiah 65:11

“But you who forsake Yahweh and ignore my holy mountain, who celebrate a feast for the goddess called Lady Luck and fill cups of wine to toast the god Destiny, know this: your luck has run out.

Matthew 13:4

As he cast his seeds, some fell along the beaten path and the birds came and ate them.

Luke 8:11

“Here, then, is the deeper meaning to my parable: The word of God is the seed that is sown into hearts.

Luke 8:13

The seeds falling on gravel represents those who initially respond to the word with joy, but soon afterward, when a season of difficulty and harassment of the enemy comes to them, they wither and fall away, for they have no root in the truth and their faith is temporary.