Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the Devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
A Conservative Version
And those by the way are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they would be saved.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And those people [represented by the seed falling] along side of the road are those who have heard the word [of God], but the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they do not believe it and receive salvation.
Anderson New Testament
those by the way side are they that hear; then comes the devil and takes the word from their heart, lest they should believe and be saved.
Common New Testament
The ones along the path are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved.
Daniel Mace New Testament
by the beaten road is meant, they who only hear: the word, by the lurking wiles of the devil, being hinder'd from taking root in their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Darby Translation
But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may not believe and be saved.
Godbey New Testament
And there are those who hear by the wayside; then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest they believing may be saved.
Goodspeed New Testament
The ones by the path are those who hear, and then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.
John Wesley New Testament
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And they by the way are they hearing; then comes the devil, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they should be saved.
King James 2000
Those by the wayside are they that hear; then comes the devil, and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and those beside the path are the ones who have heard. Then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe [and] be saved.
Modern King James verseion
Those by the roadside are the ones who hear; then the Devil comes and takes the Word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Those that are beside the way, are they that hear, and afterward cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Moffatt New Testament
Those 'on the road' are people who hear; but then the devil comes and carries off the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
Montgomery New Testament
"Those by the wayside are people who hear, but then comes the devil and carries off the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and not be saved.
NET Bible
Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
New Heart English Bible
Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
Noyes New Testament
Those by the wayside are they that hear; then cometh the Devil and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
Sawyer New Testament
those by the way are those who hear, then comes the devil and takes away the word from their hearts, that they may not believe and be saved;
The Emphasized Bible
And, those beside the pathway, are they who have heard; afterwards, cometh the adversary, and catcheth away the word from their heart, lest, believing, they should, be saved.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
They by the road side, are such as hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh the word from their heart, that they should not be saved in believing.
Twentieth Century New Testament
By the seed which fell along the path are meant those who hear the Message; but then comes the Devil and carries away the Message from their minds, to prevent their believing it and being saved.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
Those by the way-side are those who have heard, and then the Devil comes and carries away the Message from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Williams New Testament
Those along the path illustrate those who hear it, but then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.
World English Bible
Those along the road are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.
Worrell New Testament
And those by the wayside are those who heard; then the Devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart; lest, having believed, they should be saved.
Worsley New Testament
and those by the way-side, are such as hear indeed; but then the devil cometh and taketh away the word from their hearts, least they should believe and be saved.
Youngs Literal Translation
and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved.
Themes
Agriculture » Figurative » Parable » Of the sower
Bearing fruit » The sowing of God’s word
Devil/devils » What satan does
Disobedience » Who is disobedient to God
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The sower
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the sower (at lake galilee)
Parables » Parables of Christ » Sower
The word of God » Compared » To seed
The word of God » The sowing of God’s word
Unbelief » Proceeds from » The devil taking away the word out of the heart
Interlinear
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 8:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted
11 Now this is the point of the story: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation. 13 And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:24-26
Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;
Proverbs 1:29
For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:
Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.
Isaiah 65:11
But as for you who have given up the Lord, who have no care for my holy mountain, who get ready a table for Chance, and make offerings of mixed wine to Fate;
Matthew 13:19
When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.
Mark 4:15
And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.
Luke 8:5
A man went out to put in seed, and while he was doing it, some was dropped by the wayside and it was crushed under foot, and was taken by the birds of heaven.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-14
Even the one whose coming is marked by the working of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders,
James 1:23-24
Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a glass;
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.