Hebrews 6:5
and felt the goodness of the word of God and the strong influences of the coming age,
Hebrews 2:5
For it was not for angels that he destined the control of that world to be, that we are speaking of.
1 Peter 2:3
since you have tasted the Lord's kindness.
Matthew 13:20-21
And what was sown upon the rocky soil means the man who hears the message and at once accepts it joyfully,
Mark 4:16-17
It is so too with the ones sown on the rocky ground; they gladly accept the message as soon as they hear it,
Mark 6:20
for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing that he was an upright and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him talk he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.
Luke 8:13
The ones on the rock are those who receive the message joyfully when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for a little while, and then in the time of trial they draw back.
2 Peter 2:20
For if after men have escaped the corrupting influences of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome by them, their final condition is worse than their former one.