Luke 8:13

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Luke 8:13

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

Proverbs 12:12

The wicked desire what evil men have,
but the root of the righteous produces fruit.

They seek Me day after day
and delight to know My ways,
like a nation that does what is right
and does not abandon the justice of their God.
They ask Me for righteous judgments;
they delight in the nearness of God.”

Ezekiel 33:32

Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don’t obey them.

Hosea 6:4

What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your loyalty is like the morning mist
and like the early dew that vanishes.

Mark 6:20

because Herod was in awe of John and was protecting him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him he would be very disturbed, yet would hear him gladly.

John 5:35

John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.

Job 19:28

If you say, “How will we pursue him,
since the root of the problem lies with him?”

Psalm 106:12-14

Then they believed His promises
and sang His praise.

Proverbs 12:3

Man cannot be made secure by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous is immovable.

Matthew 13:20-21

And the one sown on rocky ground—this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

Mark 4:16-17

And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.

Luke 22:31-32

“Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.

John 2:23-25

While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many trusted in His name when they saw the signs He was doing.

John 8:30-32

As He was saying these things, many believed in Him.

John 12:42-43

Nevertheless, many did believe in Him even among the rulers, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, so they would not be banned from the synagogue.

John 15:2

Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.

John 15:6

If anyone does not remain in Me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.

Acts 8:13-23

Then even Simon himself believed. And after he was baptized, he went around constantly with Philip and was astounded as he observed the signs and great miracles that were being performed.

1 Corinthians 13:2

If I have the gift of prophecy
and understand all mysteries
and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith
so that I can move mountains
but do not have love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:2

You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed for no purpose.

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?

Galatians 3:4

Did you suffer so much for nothing—if in fact it was for nothing?

Galatians 4:15-20

What happened to this sense of being blessed you had? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

Ephesians 3:17

and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you remain grounded and steadfast in the faith and are not shifted away from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become a servant of it.

Colossians 2:7

rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason, when I could no longer stand it, I also sent him to find out about your faith, fearing that the tempter had tempted you and that our labor might be for nothing.

1 Timothy 1:19

having faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and have suffered the shipwreck of their faith.

2 Timothy 2:18-19

They have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and are overturning the faith of some.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and obtain life.

James 2:26

For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, having escaped the world’s impurity through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in these things and defeated, the last state is worse for them than the first.

2 Peter 2:22

It has happened to them according to the true proverb: A dog returns to its own vomit, and, “a sow, after washing itself, wallows in the mud.”

1 John 2:19

They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

Jude 1:12

These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;

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Summary

Luke 8:13

They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

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And these

Jude 1:12

General references

Psalm 106:12

Mark 4:5

Luke 8:6

Bible References

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Then they believed His promises
and sang His praise.

Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don’t obey them.

And the one sown on rocky ground—this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.

because Herod was in awe of John and was protecting him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him he would be very disturbed,

yet would hear him gladly.

John

was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.

You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?

What happened to this sense of being blessed you had? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

And these

If you say, “How will we pursue him,
since the root of the problem lies with him?”

Man cannot be made secure by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous is immovable.

and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,

rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, overflowing with gratitude.

General references

Then they believed His promises
and sang His praise.

Other seed fell on rocky ground where it didn’t have much soil, and it sprang up right away, since it didn’t have deep soil.

Other seed fell on the rock; when it sprang up, it withered, since it lacked moisture.