Mark 4:17

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Mark 4:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

16 Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

17 But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

18 Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

19 but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

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Mark 4:5

Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

Mark 4:6

But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

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If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Job 27:9

Will God hear his cry when distress comes upon him?

Job 27:10

Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?

Matthew 12:31

Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

Luke 12:10

And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

John 8:31

So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

John 15:3

You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

John 15:4

Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.

John 15:5

I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.

John 15:6

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

John 15:7

If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

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You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.

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and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

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who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.

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because Demas, in his love of this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.

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They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

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Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

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1 Corinthians 10:13

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so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

1 Thessalonians 3:4

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1 Thessalonians 3:5

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How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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