Luke 8:12

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.

Those {G1161} by {G3844} the way side {G3598} are {G1526} they that hear {G191}; then {G1534} cometh {G2064} the devil {G1228}, and {G2532} taketh away {G142} the word {G3056} out of {G575} their {G846} hearts {G2588}, lest {G3363} they should believe {G4100} and be saved {G4982}.

The ones along the path are those who hear, but then the Adversary comes and takes the message out of their hearts, in order to keep them from being saved by trusting it.

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.

And those by the way side are they that have heard; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:9 (7 votes)

    [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:14 (7 votes)

    Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Mark 4:15 (5 votes)

    And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

  • Revelation 12:9 (5 votes)

    And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

  • James 1:23 (5 votes)

    For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

  • James 1:24 (5 votes)

    For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

  • Matthew 13:19 (5 votes)

    When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.