Parallel Verses
World English Bible
That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
But the ones on the good soil are the people who hear the word but also hold on to it with good and honest hearts, producing a crop through endurance."
A Conservative Version
But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance.
American Standard Version
And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And those people [represented by seed falling] in the fertile soil are those who possess a good and honest heart when they hear the word [of God]. They hold on to it and patiently [continue until they] produce a crop.
Anderson New Testament
But that on the good ground are those who, in a good and honest heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Bible in Basic English
And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
Common New Testament
But the ones that fell on the good soil are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but by the good ground is meant such persons as have received the doctrine with simplicity and sincerity, abide by it, and practise it with perseverance.
Darby Translation
But that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Godbey New Testament
And that which is in the good ground, are those whosoever hearing the word in a beautiful and good heart, retain it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Goodspeed New Testament
But the seed in the good soil means those who listen to the message and keep it in good, true hearts, and yield unfailingly.
John Wesley New Testament
But that on the good ground are they, who, having heard the word, keep it in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with perseverance.
Julia Smith Translation
And that in the good earth, they are they which, in a fair and good heart, having heard, keep the word, and bring forth fruit with patience.
King James 2000
But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.
Modern King James verseion
But those on the good ground are the ones who, in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
That in the good ground, are they which with a good and pure heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Moffatt New Testament
As for the seed in the good soil, that means those who hear and hold fast the word in a good and sound heart and so bear fruit stedfastly.
Montgomery New Testament
"And that in the good soil is those who have listened to the message and, in an honest and good heart, hold fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
NET Bible
But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.
New Heart English Bible
That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Noyes New Testament
But the seeds on the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, when they have heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with constancy.
Sawyer New Testament
But that on the good ground signifies those who, with a noble and good heart, hearing the word retain it, and bear fruit persistently.
The Emphasized Bible
But, that in the good ground, these, are they who, indeed, in a noble and good heart having heard the word, hold fast, and bear fruit with endurance.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But that on the good ground are they who having heard the word, retain it in a heart excellent and good, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But by that in the good ground are meant those who, having heard the Message, keep it in the good, rich soil of their hearts, and patiently yield a return.
Webster
But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Weymouth New Testament
But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.
Williams New Testament
But the portion in rich soil illustrates those who listen to the message, keep it in good and honest hearts, and in patience yield fruit.
Worrell New Testament
"And that in the good ground, these are such as, in a good and honest heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with patience.
Worsley New Testament
But that on the good ground, are those who having heard the word, retain it in a good and honest heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Youngs Literal Translation
And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.
Themes
Agriculture » Figurative » Parable » Of the sower
Bearing fruit » Who shall yield fruit
Bearing fruit » The sowing of God’s word
Hearing » Those that hear the lord
Hearing » Spiritual of believers
character of the renewed Heart » Honest and good
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The sower
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the sower (at lake galilee)
Parables » Parables of Christ » Sower
Patience » To be exercised in » Bringing forth fruits
Spiritual » Hearing » Spiritual of believers
Topics
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 8:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted
14 That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. 15 That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience. 16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light.
Names
Cross References
Philippians 1:11
being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Colossians 1:6
which has come to you; even as it is in all the world and is bearing fruit and growing, as it does in you also, since the day you heard and knew the grace of God in truth;
Hebrews 10:36
For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
Deuteronomy 30:6
Yahweh your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.
Job 23:11-12
My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.
Psalm 1:1-3
Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
Psalm 119:11
I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Psalm 119:127-129
Therefore I love your commandments more than gold, yes, more than pure gold.
Proverbs 3:1
My son, don't forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:
Jeremiah 15:16
Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of Armies.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
Jeremiah 32:29
and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
Matthew 24:13
But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
Luke 6:45
The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings out that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings out that which is evil, for out of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaks.
Luke 11:28
But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
John 14:15
If you love me, keep my commandments.
John 14:21-24
One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him."
John 15:10
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.
Romans 2:7
to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
Romans 6:22
But now, being made free from sin, and having become servants of God, you have your fruit of sanctification, and the result of eternal life.
Romans 7:4
Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit to God.
Romans 7:18
For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.
1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
Galatians 5:22-26
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
Ephesians 2:8
for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Philippians 3:13-15
Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,
Colossians 1:10
that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
Hebrews 6:11-12
We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
James 1:4
Let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
James 1:16-19
Don't be deceived, my beloved brothers.
James 1:22-25
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.
James 5:7-8
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
1 Peter 2:1-2
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
1 John 2:3
This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.