When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand, then the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed being sown beside the road.
Acts 8:30 - English Majority Text Version And Phillip, running up to it, heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, "Indeed, do you know what you are reading?" Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Accordingly Philip, running up to him, heard [the man] reading the prophet Isaiah and asked, Do you really understand what you are reading? American Standard Version (1901) And Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? Common English Bible Running up to the carriage, Philip heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, “Do you really understand what you are reading?” Catholic Public Domain Version And Philip, hurrying, heard him reading from the prophet Isaiah, and he said, "Do you think that you understand what you are reading?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Philip running thither, heard him reading the prophet Isaias. And he said: Thinkest thou that thou understandest what thou readest? |
When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand, then the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed being sown beside the road.
But the seed sown on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty."
Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?" They said to Him, "Yes, Lord."
And having summoned the crowd, He said to them, "Hear and understand:
"Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand),
"So whenever you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where he must not"--he who reads, let him understand--"then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.
You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about Me.
And arising, he went; and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, a court official of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem worshipping,
Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."
And he said, "How can I, if not someone guides me?" And he urged Philip to come up and sit with him.
And Philip, going down to a city of Samaria, was preaching to them the Christ.
but in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, in order that I may instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of man--his number is 666.