Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
But the ones on the good soil are the people who hear the word but also hold on to it with good and honest hearts, producing a crop through endurance."
A Conservative Version
But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance.
American Standard Version
And that in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
And those people [represented by seed falling] in the fertile soil are those who possess a good and honest heart when they hear the word [of God]. They hold on to it and patiently [continue until they] produce a crop.
Anderson New Testament
But that on the good ground are those who, in a good and honest heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Common New Testament
But the ones that fell on the good soil are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
Daniel Mace New Testament
but by the good ground is meant such persons as have received the doctrine with simplicity and sincerity, abide by it, and practise it with perseverance.
Darby Translation
But that in the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Godbey New Testament
And that which is in the good ground, are those whosoever hearing the word in a beautiful and good heart, retain it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Goodspeed New Testament
But the seed in the good soil means those who listen to the message and keep it in good, true hearts, and yield unfailingly.
John Wesley New Testament
But that on the good ground are they, who, having heard the word, keep it in an honest and good heart, and bring forth fruit with perseverance.
Julia Smith Translation
And that in the good earth, they are they which, in a fair and good heart, having heard, keep the word, and bring forth fruit with patience.
King James 2000
But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But the [seed] on the good soil--these are the ones who, [after] hearing the word, hold fast to [it] with a noble and good heart, and bear fruit with patient endurance.
Modern King James verseion
But those on the good ground are the ones who, in an honest and good heart, having heard the Word, keep it and bring forth fruit with patience.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
That in the good ground, are they which with a good and pure heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Moffatt New Testament
As for the seed in the good soil, that means those who hear and hold fast the word in a good and sound heart and so bear fruit stedfastly.
Montgomery New Testament
"And that in the good soil is those who have listened to the message and, in an honest and good heart, hold fast, and bring forth fruit with patience.
NET Bible
But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.
New Heart English Bible
That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Noyes New Testament
But the seeds on the good ground, these are they who in an honest and good heart, when they have heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with constancy.
Sawyer New Testament
But that on the good ground signifies those who, with a noble and good heart, hearing the word retain it, and bear fruit persistently.
The Emphasized Bible
But, that in the good ground, these, are they who, indeed, in a noble and good heart having heard the word, hold fast, and bear fruit with endurance.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But that on the good ground are they who having heard the word, retain it in a heart excellent and good, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Twentieth Century New Testament
But by that in the good ground are meant those who, having heard the Message, keep it in the good, rich soil of their hearts, and patiently yield a return.
Webster
But that on the good ground are they, who in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Weymouth New Testament
But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.
Williams New Testament
But the portion in rich soil illustrates those who listen to the message, keep it in good and honest hearts, and in patience yield fruit.
World English Bible
That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Worrell New Testament
"And that in the good ground, these are such as, in a good and honest heart, having heard the word, hold it fast, and bear fruit with patience.
Worsley New Testament
But that on the good ground, are those who having heard the word, retain it in a good and honest heart, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Youngs Literal Translation
And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.
Themes
Agriculture » Figurative » Parable » Of the sower
Bearing fruit » Who shall yield fruit
Bearing fruit » The sowing of God’s word
Hearing » Those that hear the lord
Hearing » Spiritual of believers
character of the renewed Heart » Honest and good
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The sower
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the sower (at lake galilee)
Parables » Parables of Christ » Sower
Patience » To be exercised in » Bringing forth fruits
Spiritual » Hearing » Spiritual of believers
Topics
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Luke 8:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted
14 And those which went among thorns are those who have given hearing, and go on their way, but they are overcome by cares and wealth and the pleasures of life, and they give no fruit. 15 And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit. 16 No man, when the light is lighted, puts a cover over it, or puts it under a bed, but he puts it on its table, so that those who come in may see the light.
Names
Cross References
Philippians 1:11
Being full of the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Colossians 1:6
Which has come to you; and which in all the world is giving fruit and increase, as it has done in you from the day when it came to your ears and you had true knowledge of the grace of God;
Hebrews 10:36
For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.
Deuteronomy 30:6
And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
Job 23:11-12
My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.
Psalm 1:1-3
Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.
Psalm 51:10
Make a clean heart in me, O God; give me a right spirit again.
Psalm 119:11
I have kept your sayings secretly in my heart, so that I might do no sin against you.
Psalm 119:127-129
For this reason I have greater love far your teachings than for gold, even for shining gold.
Proverbs 3:1
My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart:
Jeremiah 15:16
But to me your word is a joy, making my heart glad; for I am named by your name, O Lord God of armies.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Jeremiah 32:29
And the Chaldaeans, who are fighting against this town, will come and put the town on fire, burning it together with the houses, on the roofs of which perfumes have been burned to the Baal, and drink offerings have been drained out to other gods, moving me to wrath.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh.
Matthew 24:13
But he who goes through to the end will get salvation.
Luke 6:45
The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.
Luke 11:28
But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.
John 14:15
If you have love for me, you will keep my laws.
John 14:21-24
He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him.
John 15:10
If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.
Romans 2:7
To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:
Romans 6:22
But now, being free from sin, and having been made servants to God, you have your fruit in that which is holy, and the end is eternal life.
Romans 7:4
In the same way, my brothers, you were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, even to him who came again from the dead, so that we might give fruit to God.
Romans 7:18
For I am conscious that in me, that is, in my flesh, there is nothing good: I have the mind but not the power to do what is right.
1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing, and its opposite is nothing, but only doing the orders of God is of value.
Galatians 5:22-26
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
Ephesians 2:8
Because by grace you have salvation through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is given by God:
Philippians 3:13-15
Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,
Colossians 1:10
Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Hebrews 2:1
For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.
Hebrews 6:11-12
And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:
James 1:4
But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
James 1:16-19
Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.
James 1:22-25
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
James 5:7-8
Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.
1 Peter 2:1-2
So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
1 John 2:3
And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.