Luke 8:13

The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted

¹² 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. ¹³  By the seed which fell upon the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the Message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back. ¹⁴ By that which fell among the brambles are meant those who hear the Message, but who, as they go on their way, are completely choked by this world's cares and wealth and pleasures, and bring nothing to perfection.

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Hour of Trial

For A Season

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Mark 6:20

Because Herod stood in fear of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and protected him. He had listened to John, but still remained much perplexed, and yet he found pleasure in listening to him.

John 5:35

He was the 'Lamp that was burning' and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.

Matthew 13:20-21

By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the man who hears the Message, and at once accepts it joyfully;

Mark 4:16-17

So, too, those meant by the seed sown on the rocky places are the people who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully;

Luke 22:31-32

Simon! Simon! listen. Satan demanded leave to sift you all like wheat,

John 2:23-25

While Jesus was in Jerusalem, during the Passover Festival, many came to trust in him, when they saw the signs of his mission that he was giving.

John 8:30-32

While he was speaking in this way, many came to believe in him.

John 12:42-43

Yet for all this, even among the leading men there were many who came to believe in Jesus; but, on account of the Pharisees, they did not acknowledge it, for fear that they should be expelled from their Synagogues;

John 15:2

Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.

John 15:6

If any one does not remain united to me, he is thrown away, as a branch would be, and withers up. Such branches are collected and thrown into the fire, and are burnt.

Acts 8:13-23

Even Simon believed, and after his baptism attached himself to Philip, and was in his turn mystified at seeing signs and great miracles constantly occurring.

1 Corinthians 13:2

Even though I have the gift of preaching, and fathom all hidden truths and all the depths of knowledge; even though I have such faith as might move mountains, yet have not Love, I am nothing!

1 Corinthians 15:2

And by means of which you are being saved. I would remind you of the very words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.

Galatians 3:1

Foolish Galatians! Who has been fascinating you--you before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was depicted upon the cross?

Galatians 3:4

Did you go through so much to no purpose?--if indeed it really was to no purpose!

Galatians 4:15-20

What has become then, of your blessings? For I can bear witness that, had it been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me!

Ephesians 3:17

So that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; And I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ's People,

Colossians 1:23

If only you remain true to your Faith, firm and immovable, never abandoning the hope held out in the Good News to which you listened, which has been proclaimed among all created things under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

Colossians 2:7

Rooted in him, building up your characters through union with him, growing stronger through your faith, as you were taught, overflowing with faith and thanksgiving.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

Therefore, since I could no longer endure the uncertainty, I sent to make inquiries about your faith, fearing that the Tempter had tempted you, and that our toil might prove to have been in vain.

1 Timothy 1:19

with faith, and with a clear conscience; and it is because they have thrust this aside, that, as regards the Faith, some have wrecked their lives.

2 Timothy 2:18-19

They have gone completely astray as regards the Truth; they say that a resurrection has already taken place, and so upset some people's faith.

Hebrews 10:39

But we do not belong to those who draw back, to their Ruin, but to those who have faith, to the saving of their souls.

James 2:26

Exactly as a body is dead without a spirit, so faith is dead without actions.

2 Peter 2:20

If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.

2 Peter 2:22

In their case is seen the truth of the proverb-- 'A dog returns to what he has vomited' and 'A sow after washing to her wallowing-place in the mud.'

1 John 2:19

From us, it is true, they went out, but they had never belonged to us; for, if they had belonged to us, they would have remained among us. They left us that it might be made clear that they do not, any of them, belong to us.

Jude 1:12

These are the men who are blots upon your 'Love-feasts,' when they feast together and provide without scruple for themselves alone. They are clouds without rain, driven before the winds; they are leafless trees without a vestige of fruit, dead through and through, torn up by the roots;