Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
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Luke 8:5
"A sower went out to sow his seed. As he was sowing, some of the seed fell by the path and was trodden on, and the wild birds ate it up.
Matthew 13:19
When anyone hears the teaching of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and robs him of the seed that has been sown in his mind. That is what was sown along the path.
Mark 4:15
The ones by the path are those into whose hearts the message falls, and as soon as they hear it Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.
James 1:23
For anyone who merely listens to the message without obeying it is like a man who looks in a mirror at the face that nature gave him,
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2 Thessalonians 2:9
The other's appearance, by the contrivance of Satan, will be full of power and pretended signs and wonders,
Revelation 12:9
So the great dragon, the ancient serpent who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
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Mark 4:4
and as he was sowing, some of the seed chanced to fall by the path, and the birds came and ate it up.