Mark 4:15
These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.
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- 1 Pet 5:8 : 8 Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.
- Rev 20:2-3 : 2 He seized the dragon– the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan– and tied him up for a thousand years. 3 The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished.(After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.)
- Rev 20:7 : 7 Satan’s Final Defeat Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison
- Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever.
- Rev 12:9 : 9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.
- Gen 19:14 : 14 Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters. He said,“Quick, get out of this place because the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them.
- Job 1:6-9 : 6 Satan’s Accusation of Job Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD– and Satan also arrived among them. 7 The LORD said to Satan,“Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.” 8 So the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.” 9 Then Satan answered the LORD,“Is it for nothing that Job fears God? 10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land. 11 But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!” 12 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
- Isa 53:1 : 1 Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the LORD’s power revealed through him?
- Zech 3:1 : 1 Vision Four: The Priest Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Matt 4:10 : 10 Then Jesus said to him,“Go away, Satan! For it is written:‘You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.’”
- Matt 13:19 : 19 When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.
- Matt 22:5 : 5 But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.
- Mark 4:4 : 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
- Luke 8:12 : 12 Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
- Luke 14:18-19 : 18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him,‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.’ 19 Another said,‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.’
- Acts 5:3 : 3 But Peter said,“Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?
- Acts 17:18-20 : 18 Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.) 19 So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying,“May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming? 20 For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean.”
- Acts 17:32 : 32 Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said,“We will hear you again about this.”
- Acts 18:14-17 : 14 But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews,“If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews, 15 but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!” 16 Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat. 17 So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio.
- Acts 25:19-20 : 19 Rather they had several points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive. 20 Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges.
- Acts 26:31-32 : 31 and as they were leaving they said to one another,“This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment.” 32 Agrippa said to Festus,“This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
- 2 Cor 2:11 : 11 so that we may not be exploited by Satan(for we are not ignorant of his schemes).
- 2 Cor 4:3-4 : 3 But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing, 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
- 2 Thess 2:9 : 9 The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,
- Heb 2:1 : 1 Warning Against Drifting Away Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Heb 12:16 : 16 And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
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- Luke 8:11-155 verses88%
11 “Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.
12 Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
13 Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away.
14 As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
15 But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.
- Mark 4:16-205 verses85%
16 These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy.
17 But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
18 Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word,
19 but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing.
20 But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred.”
- Matt 13:18-2912 verses84%
18 “So listen to the parable of the sower:
19 When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path.
20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.
21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
22 The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing.
23 But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown.”
24 The Parable of the Weeds He presented them with another parable:“The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field.
25 But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed darnel among the wheat and went away.
26 When the plants sprouted and produced grain, then the darnel also appeared.
27 So the slaves of the landowner came and said to him,‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the darnel come from?’
28 He said,‘An enemy has done this!’ So the slaves replied,‘Do you want us to go and gather it?’
29 But he said,‘No, since in gathering the darnel you may uproot the wheat along with it.
- Matt 13:3-86 verses83%
3 He told them many things in parables, saying:“Listen! A sower went out to sow.
4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.
5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep.
6 But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered.
7 Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them.
8 But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty.
- Mark 4:3-97 verses82%
3 “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
5 Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep.
6 When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered.
7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.
8 But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times.”
9 And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”
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14 The sower sows the word.
- Luke 8:5-84 verses80%
5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.
6 Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture.
7 Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it.
8 But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out,“The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”
- Matt 13:37-393 verses72%
37 He answered,“The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man.
38 The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The poisonous weeds are the people of the evil one,
39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
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29 And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”
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18 So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”
- Mark 4:25-262 verses68%
25 For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”
26 The Parable of the Growing Seed He also said,“The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground.
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31 It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground–
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33 The Use of Parables So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear.
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13 And he replied,“Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.