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, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters. He said, "Quick, get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them.

Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the Lord's power revealed through him?

But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business.

Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.

But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.'

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews,

Rather they had several points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive.

and as they were leaving they said to one another, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment."

Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.

Satan

Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord -- and Satan also arrived among them.

Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches 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 keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land?

so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes).

But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing,

The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,

Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour.

So that huge dragon -- the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world -- was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

He seized the dragon -- the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan -- and tied him up for a thousand years.

General references

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