Mark 4:15

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Summary

And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

These

Satan

General references

Mark 4:4

Bible References

These

And as he sowed the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

But they made light of it and went off, one to his own farm, another to his business.

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.

But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. I ask you to have me excused.'

And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some said, "What would this idle babbler wish to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities,"because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you;

but they simply had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive.

and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything worthy of death or imprisonment."

Therefore we must pay more careful attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

that no one be immoral or godless like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

Satan

when anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land?

in order that Satan might gain no advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

The coming of the lawless one by the activity of Satan will be with all power and with pretended signs and wonders,

Be sober, be alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole worldhe was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

General references

And as he sowed the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.