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 it came to pass while he was sowing, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured it.

And they being careless, went away, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise:

And there are those who hear by the wayside; then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest they believing may be saved.

And they all of one consent began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a farm, and I have need having gone to see it: I pray thee have me excused.

And certain ones of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers interviewed him, and some continued to say, What would this babbler wish to say? and others said, He seems to be the propagator of strange divinities: because he was preaching the gospel of Jesus, and the resurrection.

And Paul being about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were some injustice or wicked rascality, O Jews, I would bear with you according to reason:

but they had certain questions against him concerning their own religion, and about a certain Jesus, who is dead, whom Paul was saying that He is alive.

and having gone away, they were talking to one another, saying, that This man is doing nothing worthy of death or of bonds.

Therefore it behooves us the more earnestly to give heed to the things which we have heard, lest at some time we may leak out.

lest any one may be a fornicator, or a profane person, as was Esau, who for one morsel sold his birthright.

Satan

Every one hearing the word of the kingdom, and not understanding it, the wicked one comes, and seizes away that which is sown in his heart: he is the one sown by the wayside.

But Peter said, Ananias, wherefore hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and keep back a part from the price of the land?

in order that we may not be gobbled up by Satan: for we are not ignorant of his devices.

But if indeed our gospel is hidden, it is hidden with those who are lost:

whose coming is according to the energy of Satan in all power and signs and wonders of falsehood,

Be sober, watch. The devil is walking round like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour:

And the great dragon, the old serpent, the one called the devil, and Satan, the one deceiving the whole world, was cast out: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

And he laid hold on the dragon, who is the old serpent, who is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

General references

and it came to pass while he was sowing, some fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured it.