Luke 8:13

KJV1611 – Modern English

They on the rock are they, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

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  • Mark 6:20 : 20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
  • Prov 12:12 : 12 The wicked desires the catch of evil men, but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
  • Isa 58:2 : 2 Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice and take delight in approaching God.
  • Ezek 33:32 : 32 And indeed, you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear your words, but they do not do them.
  • Hos 6:4 : 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is like a morning cloud, and as the early dew it vanishes.
  • Matt 13:20-21 : 20 The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21 But they have no root and last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
  • Mark 4:16-17 : 16 And these are likewise the ones sown on stony ground; who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 and have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
  • Job 19:28 : 28 But you should say, 'Why do we persecute him, since the root of the matter is found in me?'
  • Ps 106:12-14 : 12 Then they believed his words; they sang his praise. 13 They soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel. 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
  • Prov 12:3 : 3 A man will not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will not be moved.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots;
  • Luke 22:31-32 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith does not fail: and when you have returned, strengthen your brethren.
  • John 2:23-25 : 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did. 24 But Jesus did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all men, 25 And had no need that anyone should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.
  • John 8:30-32 : 30 As he spoke these words, many believed in him. 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed; 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
  • John 12:42-43 : 42 Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
  • John 15:2 : 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it may produce more fruit.
  • John 15:6 : 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; and men gather them and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
  • Acts 8:13-23 : 13 Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs that were done. 14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 15 When they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. 16 For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 18 And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit. 20 But Peter said to him, Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money. 21 You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God. 22 Repent therefore of this wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity.
  • 1 Cor 13:2 : 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.
  • 1 Cor 15:2 : 2 By which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
  • Gal 3:1 : 1 O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been clearly set forth, crucified among you?
  • Gal 3:4 : 4 Have you suffered so many things in vain, if indeed it is in vain?
  • Gal 4:15-20 : 15 Where then is that blessing you spoke of? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me. 16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth? 17 They zealously court you, but not for good; yes, they want to exclude you, that you may have zeal for them. 18 But it is good to be zealous in a good thing always, and not only when I am present with you. 19 My little children, for whom I labor in birth again until Christ is formed in you, 20 I desire to be present with you now and to change my tone; for I have doubts about you.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • Col 1:23 : 23 If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature under heaven; of which I, Paul, am made a minister;
  • Col 2:7 : 7 Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
  • 1 Thess 3:5 : 5 For this reason, when I could no longer endure it, I sent to know about your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain.
  • 1 Tim 1:19 : 19 Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected concerning faith have suffered shipwreck,
  • 2 Tim 2:18-19 : 18 who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
  • Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
  • Jas 2:26 : 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
  • 2 Pet 2:20 : 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.
  • 2 Pet 2:22 : 22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "The dog returns to his own vomit," and "the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire."
  • 1 John 2:19 : 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

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  • Luke 8:11-12
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    11Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

    12Those by the wayside are they that hear; then comes the devil, and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

  • Mark 4:14-20
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    14The sower sows the word.

    15And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown; but when they hear it, Satan comes immediately, and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.

    16And these are likewise the ones sown on stony ground; who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

    17and have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

    18And these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word,

    19and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

    20And these are the ones sown on good ground; those who hear the word, receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.

  • Matt 13:18-23
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    18Listen then to what the parable of the sower means.

    19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

    20The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

    21But they have no root and last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

    22The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

    23But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.

  • Luke 8:14-15
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    14And that which fell among thorns are they, who, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

    15But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

  • Matt 13:3-9
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    3And He told them many things in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went out to sow.

    4And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

    5Some fell on rocky places, where there was not much soil, and they immediately sprang up because the soil was shallow.

    6But when the sun came up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

    7Some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

    8But others fell on good soil and yielded a crop—some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

    9He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Luke 8:5-9
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    5A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

    6And some fell on rock; and as soon as it sprang up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

    7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.

    8And others fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold. When he had said these things, he cried, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

    9And his disciples asked him, saying, What does this parable mean?

  • Mark 4:4-8
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    4And it happened, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.

    5And some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth.

    6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

    7And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

    8And other fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.

  • Matt 7:24-27
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    24Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

    25And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

    26And everyone who hears these sayings of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

    27And the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.

  • Luke 6:48-49
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    48He is like a man who built a house, and dug deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.

    49But he that hears, and does not, is like a man who without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

  • Matt 13:38
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    38The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one,

  • Luke 8:18
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    18Take heed therefore how you hear: for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have.

  • Matt 13:25-26
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    25But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

    26When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

  • Isa 8:15
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    15And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.

  • 1 Pet 2:8
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    8And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Luke 3:9
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    9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.

  • Matt 13:13
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    13This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

  • Mark 12:8
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    8So they took him, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.