Luke 8:13

The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted

¹² 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. ¹³ Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away. ¹⁴ That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.

Fall Away

From God

Have Faith

Hour of Trial

For A Season

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Mark 6:20

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.

John 5:35

He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light.

Matthew 13:20-21

He who has received the seed on the rocky ground is the man who hears the Message and immediately receives it with joy.

Mark 4:16-17

In the same way those who receive the seed on the rocky places are those who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully,

Luke 22:31-32

"Simon, Simon, I tell you that Satan has obtained permission to have all of you to sift as wheat is sifted.

John 2:23-25

Now when He was in Jerusalem, at the Festival of the Passover, many became believers in Him through watching the miracles He performed.

John 8:30-32

As He thus spoke, many became believers in Him.

John 12:42-43

Nevertheless even from among the Rulers many believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not avow their belief, for fear they should be shut out from the synagogue.

John 15:2

Every branch in me--if it bears no fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

John 15:6

If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned.

Acts 8:13-23

Simon himself also believed, and after being baptized remained in close attendance on Philip, and was full of amazement at seeing such signs and such great miracles performed.

1 Corinthians 13:2

If I possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries and all knowledge, and have such absolute faith that I can remove mountains, but am destitute of Love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 15:2

through which also you are obtaining salvation, if you bear in mind the words in which I proclaimed it--unless indeed your faith has been unreal from the very first.

Galatians 3:1

You foolish Galatians! Whose sophistry has bewitched you--you to whom Jesus Christ has been vividly portrayed as on the Cross?

Galatians 3:4

Have you endured such sufferings to no purpose--if indeed it has been to no purpose?

Galatians 4:15-20

I ask you, then, what has become of your self-congratulations? For I bear you witness that had it been possible you would have torn out your own eyes and have given them to me.

Ephesians 3:17

I pray that Christ may make His home in your hearts through your faith; so that having your roots deep and your foundations strong, in love, you may become mighty to grasp the idea,

Colossians 1:23

if, indeed, you are still firmly holding to faith as your foundation, without ever shifting from your hope that rests on the Good News that you have heard, which has been proclaimed in the whole creation under Heaven, and in which I Paul have been appointed to serve.

Colossians 2:7

having the roots of your being firmly planted in Him, and continually building yourselves up in Him, and always being increasingly confirmed in the faith as you were taught it, and abounding in it with thanksgiving.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

For this reason I also, when I could no longer endure the uncertainty, sent to know the condition of your faith, lest perchance the Tempter might have tempted you and our labour have been lost.

1 Timothy 1:19

holding fast to faith and a clear conscience, which some have cast aside and have made shipwreck of their faith.

2 Timothy 2:18-19

In the matter of the truth they have gone astray, saying that the Resurrection is already past, and so they are overthrowing the faith of some.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not people who shrink back and perish, but are among those who believe and gain possession of their souls.

James 2:26

For just as a human body without a spirit is lifeless, so also faith is lifeless if it is unaccompanied by obedience.

2 Peter 2:20

For if, after escaping from the pollutions of the world through a full knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, people are once more entangled in these pollutions and are overcome, their last state has become worse than their first.

2 Peter 2:22

Their case is that described in the true proverb, "A dog returns to what he has vomited," and also in the other proverb, "The sow has washed itself and now goes back to roll in its filth."

1 John 2:19

They have gone forth from our midst, but they did not really belong to us; for had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us that it might be manifest that professed believers do not all belong to us.

Jude 1:12

These men--sunken rocks! --are those who share the pleasure of your love-feasts, unrestrained by fear while caring only for themselves; clouds without water, driven away by the winds; trees that cast their fruit, barren, doubly dead, uprooted;