Verse 12

Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn't receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie; 12 that they all might be judged who didn't believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 13 But we are bound to always give thanks to God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief in the truth; 14 to which he called you through our Gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
  • Jas 1:23-24 : 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
  • Prov 1:24-26 : 24 Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention; 25 But you have ignored all my counsel, And wanted none of my reproof; 26 I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you;
  • Prov 1:29 : 29 Because they hated knowledge, And didn't choose the fear of Yahweh.
  • Prov 4:5 : 5 Get wisdom. Get understanding. Don't forget, neither swerve from the words of my mouth.
  • Isa 65:11 : 11 But you who forsake Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who prepare a table for Fortune, and who fill up mixed wine to Destiny;
  • Matt 13:19 : 19 When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
  • Mark 4:15 : 15 These are the ones by the road, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
  • Luke 8:5 : 5 "The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell along the road, and it was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.