Mark 4:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

And 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.

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  • 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
  • Rev 20:2-3 : 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were fulfilled; and after that, he must be released for a little while.
  • Rev 20:7 : 7 And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison,
  • Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
  • Gen 19:14 : 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, Get up, get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law as one who mocked.
  • Job 1:6-9 : 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7 And the LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it." 8 And the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?" 9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 Have you not made a hedge around him, around his house, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11 But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face." 12 And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not put forth your hand on himself." So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
  • Isa 53:1 : 1 Who has believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
  • Zech 3:1 : 1 And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to oppose him.
  • Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him, Go away, Satan, for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and only him shall you serve.
  • Matt 13:19 : 19 When 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.
  • Matt 22:5 : 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his business:
  • Mark 4:4 : 4 And it happened, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside, and the birds of the air came and devoured it.
  • Luke 8:12 : 12 Those 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.
  • Luke 14:18-19 : 18 And they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it: I ask you to have me excused. 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to test them: I ask you to have me excused.
  • Acts 5:3 : 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?
  • Acts 17:18-20 : 18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and the Stoics, encountered him. And some said, What does this babbler want to say? Others said, He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods, because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection. 19 And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is that you speak of? 20 For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we want to know what these things mean.
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, We will hear you again on this matter.
  • Acts 18:14-17 : 14 And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, 'If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be a reason why I should bear with you. 15 But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.' 16 And he drove them from the judgment seat. 17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio cared for none of these things.
  • Acts 25:19-20 : 19 but had certain questions against him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus, who was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. 20 And because I was uncertain of how to investigate such matters, I asked him if he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there be judged concerning these matters.
  • Acts 26:31-32 : 31 And when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, This man does nothing deserving of death or chains. 32 Then Agrippa said to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar.
  • 2 Cor 2:11 : 11 Lest Satan should take advantage of us, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
  • 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 But if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden to those who are lost: 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
  • 2 Thess 2:9 : 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
  • Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore we ought to give more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
  • Heb 12:16 : 16 Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.

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  • Luke 8:11-15
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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.

    13They 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.

    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.

  • Mark 4:16-20
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    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 13:18-29
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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.

    24He put another parable before them: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

    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.

    27The owner's servants came to him and said, Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?

    28He replied, An enemy did this. The servants asked him, Do you want us to go and pull them up?

    29No, he answered, because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them.

  • Matt 13:3-8
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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.

  • Mark 4:3-9
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    3Listen; behold, a sower went out to sow:

    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.

    9And he said to them, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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

  • Luke 8:5-8
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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.

  • Matt 13:37-39
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    72%

    37He answered, The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.

    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,

    39and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

  • Mark 4:29
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    29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.

  • 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.

  • Mark 4:25-26
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    25For he who has, more will be given to him; and he who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

    26And he said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

  • Mark 4:31
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    31It is like a grain of mustard seed which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds on the earth;

  • Mark 4:33
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    33And with many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it.

  • Matt 15:13
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    13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up.