Luke 8:12

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Luke 8:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

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

12 The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

13 The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.

14 The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.

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Luke 8:5

“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

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because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

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in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you,

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For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.

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

Mark 4:15

Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

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For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,

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and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

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Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.

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But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

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and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,

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in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.

2 Thessalonians 2:13

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2 Thessalonians 2:14

To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.