Parallel Verses
Moffatt New Testament
When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.'
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
When anyone hears the word about the kingdom yet doesn't understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
A Conservative Version
Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understands it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.
American Standard Version
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one , and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one [i.e., the devil] comes to him and grabs away what had been sown in his heart. This is the person who was scattered to the side of the road.
Anderson New Testament
When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way side.
Bible in Basic English
When the word of the kingdom comes to anyone, and the sense of it is not clear to him, then the Evil One comes, and quickly takes away that which was put in his heart. He is the seed dropped by the wayside.
Common New Testament
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.
Daniel Mace New Testament
when any one heareth the doctrine of the gospel, and considers it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away what was sown in his heart: he is the person meant by the high-way, where some of the seed was sown: but the stony ground,
Darby Translation
From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.
Godbey New Testament
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.
Goodspeed New Testament
When anyone hears the teaching of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and robs him of the seed that has been sown in his mind. That is what was sown along the path.
John Wesley New Testament
and considereth it not, the wicked one cometh, and catcheth away what was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way-side.
Julia Smith Translation
Every one hearing, and not understanding, the evil one comes, and carries off that sown in his heart. This is he having sown by the way.
King James 2000
When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way side.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[When] anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand [it], the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown on the side of the path.
Modern King James verseion
When anyone hears the Word of the kingdom and does not understand it, then the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown by the wayside.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whosoever heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the evil man, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. And this is he which was sown by the wayside.
Montgomery New Testament
"Whenever any one hears the message of the kingdom, and does not understand it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.
NET Bible
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.
New Heart English Bible
When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and does not understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
Noyes New Testament
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the Evil One cometh, and snatcheth away that which was sown in his heart; this man is what was sown by the wayside.
Sawyer New Testament
When any one hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and takes away the seed sown in his heart. This is he that received seed by the way.
The Emphasized Bible
When anyone heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, the wicked one cometh, and catcheth up that which hath been sown in his heart, - this, is he, by the pathway, sown.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
When any person heareth the word of the kingdom, and doth not understand it, the wicked one cometh, and snatcheth away what was sown on his heart: such is he who is the sown by the road-side.
Twentieth Century New Testament
When any one hears the Message of the Kingdom without understanding it, the Evil One comes and snatches away what has been sown in his mind. This is the man meant by the seed which was sown along the path.
Webster
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the way side.
Weymouth New Testament
When a man hears the Message concerning the Kingdom and does not understand it, the Evil one comes and catches away what has been sown in his heart. This is he who has received the seed by the road-side.
Williams New Testament
When anyone hears the message of the kingdom and does not understand it, the wicked one comes and carries off the seed that was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
World English Bible
When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
Worrell New Testament
When any one hears the word of the Kingdom, and understands it not, the evil one comes, and snatches away what has been sown in his heart: this is he that was sown by the wayside.
Worsley New Testament
and regardeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and snatcheth away that which was sown in his heart: this is he who received the seed as by the way-side.
Youngs Literal Translation
Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.
Themes
Adversary » Power of » Removing the good seed
Agriculture » Figurative » Parable » Of the sower
Birds » Illustrative » Of the devil and his spirits
Careless hearing » Shallowness
Devil/devils » What satan does
Disobedience » Who is disobedient to God
Hearing » Careless, characteristics of » Shallowness
Jesus Christ » Parables of » The sower
Jesus Christ » History of » Parable of the sower (at lake galilee)
Parables » Parables of Christ » Sower
Satan » Vanquished promises of ultimate triumph » Removing the good seed
Satan » The prince » The wicked one
Satan's » Work » Removing the good seed
Serpent » Power of » Removing the good seed
Tempter » Power of » Removing the good seed
The Devil » Hinders the gospel
The word of God » Compared » To seed
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Matthew 13:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Parable Of The Sower Interpreted
18 Now, listen to the parable of the sower. 19 When anyone hears the word of the Realm and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart; that is the man who is sown 'on the road.' 20 As for him who is sown 'on stony soil,' that is the man who hears the word and accepts it at once with enthusiasm;
Names
Cross References
Matthew 4:23
Then he made a tour through the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the Reign, and healing all the sickness and disease of the people.
Matthew 13:38
the field is the world; the good seed means the sons of the Realm; the weeds are the sons of the evil one;
1 John 2:13-14
fathers, I am writing to you, because you know him who is from the very beginning: young men, I am writing to you, because you have conquered the evil One. Children, I have written to you, because you know the Father:
1 John 3:12
we are not to be like Cain, who belonged to the evil One and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's just.
1 John 5:18
We know that anyone who is born of God does not sin; He who was born of God preserves him, and the evil One never catches him.
Matthew 5:37
Let what you say be simply 'yes' or 'no'; whatever exceeds that springs from evil.
Mark 4:15
As for those 'on the road,' when the seed is sown there ??as soon as they hear it, Satan at once comes and carries off the word sown within them.
Luke 8:11-15
This is what the parable means. The seed is the word of God.
Luke 9:2
He sent them out to preach the Reign of God and to cure the sick.
Luke 10:9
heal those in the town who are ill, and tell them, 'The Reign of God is nearly on you.'
John 3:19-20
And this is the sentence of condemnation, that the Light has entered the world and yet men have preferred darkness to light. It is because their actions have been evil;
John 8:43
Why do you not understand my speech? Because you are unable to listen to what I am saying.
John 18:38
"Truth!" said Pilate, "what is truth!" With these words he went outside to the Jews again and told them, "I cannot find anything wrong about him.
Acts 17:32
But on hearing of a 'resurrection of dead men,' some sneered, while others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."
Acts 18:15
But as these are merely questions of words and persons and your own Law, you can attend to them for yourselves. I decline to adjudicate upon matters like that."
Acts 20:25
I know to-day that not one of you will ever see my face again ??not one of you among whom I moved as I preached the Reign.
Acts 24:25-26
but when he argued about morality, self-mastery, and the future judgment, Felix grew uneasy. "You may go for the present," he said; "when I can find a moment, I will send for you"
Acts 25:19-20
The questions at issue referred to their own religion and to a certain Jesus who had died. Paul said he was alive.
Acts 26:31-32
They retired to discuss the affair, and agreed that "this man has done nothing to deserve death or imprisonment."
Acts 28:23
So they fixed a day and came to him at his quarters in large numbers. From morning to evening he explained the Reign of God to them from personal testimony, and tried to convince them about Jesus from the law of Moses and the prophets.
Romans 1:28
Yes, as they disdained to acknowledge God any longer, God has given them up to a reprobate instinct, for the perpetration of what is improper,
Romans 2:8
but anger and wrath to those who are wilful, who disobey the Truth and obey wickedness ??9 anguish and calamity for every human soul that perpetrates evil, for the Jew first and for the Greek as well,
Romans 14:17
The Reign of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, it means righteousness, peace, and joy in the holy Spirit;
2 Corinthians 4:2-3
I disown those practices which very shame conceals from view; I do not go about it craftily; I do not falsify the word of God; I state the truth openly and so commend myself to every man's conscience before God.
Ephesians 3:8
less than the least of all saints as I am, this grace was vouchsafed me, that I should bring the Gentiles the gospel of the fathomless wealth of Christ
2 Thessalonians 2:12
so that all may be doomed who refuse faith in the Truth but delight in evil.
Hebrews 2:1
We must therefore pay closer attention to what we have heard, in case we drift away.
1 John 5:20
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us insight to know Him who is the Real God; and we are in Him who is real, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the real God, this is life eternal.