Luke 8:12

But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may not believe and be saved.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

In Context

11But the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

13But those upon the rock, those who when they hear receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of trial fall away.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;

Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get intelligence: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Matthew 13:19From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand [it], the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.

Luke 8:5The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the way, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it up;

James 1:23For if any man be a hearer of [the] word and not a doer, *he* is like to a man considering his natural face in a mirror:

Matthew Henry on Luke 8:5-22

The Parable of the Sower. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and… Read the whole commentary →

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