Matthew 13:19

The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted

¹⁸ "Hear then the parable of the sower: ¹⁹ 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. ²⁰ But he who received the seed on rocky places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

Evil One

Good News

Devil

Matthew 4:23

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

1 John 2:13-14

I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.

1 John 3:12

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

1 John 5:18

We know that anyone born of God does not sin; but he who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.

Matthew 5:37

Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything more than this comes from evil.

Mark 4:15

And these are the ones along the path where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in them.

Luke 8:11-15

"Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Luke 9:2

And he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Luke 10:9

Heal the sick there and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.'

John 3:19-20

And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 8:43

Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you are not able to hear my word.

John 18:38

Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" After he had said this, he went out to the Jews again, and told them, "I find no crime in him.

Acts 17:32

Now when they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, "We want to hear you again on this subject."

Acts 18:15

but since it is a matter of questions about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I refuse to be a judge of these things."

Acts 20:25

And now, behold, I know that all of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will see my face no more.

Acts 24:25-26

But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you."

Acts 25:19-20

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.

Acts 26:31-32

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

Acts 28:23

When they had appointed a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in great numbers. And he explained the matter to them from morning till evening, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the law of Moses and from the prophets.

Romans 1:28

And since they did not see fit to retain the knowledge of God, God gave them over to a base mind, to do what ought not to be done.

Romans 2:8

but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey wickedness, there will be wrath and fury.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit;

2 Corinthians 4:2-3

But we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

2 Thessalonians 2:12

so that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in wickedness.

Hebrews 2:1

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

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.