22 Bible Verses about Hearing God's Word

And what was sown upon the rocky soil means the man who hears the message and at once accepts it joyfully,

It is so too with the ones sown on the rocky ground; they gladly accept the message as soon as they hear it,

The ones on the rock are those who receive the message joyfully when they first hear it, but it takes no real root. They believe for a little while, and then in the time of trial they draw back.

And what was sown among the thorns means the man who listens to the message, and then the worries of the time and the pleasure of being rich choke the message out, and it yields nothing.

It is different with those sown among the thorns. They are people who listen to the message,

And what falls among the thorns means those who listen and pass on, and the worries and wealth and pleasures of life stifle them and they yield nothing.

And what was sown in good ground means the man who listens to the message and understands it, and yields one a hundred, and another sixty, and another thirty-fold."

The ones by the path are those who hear, and then the devil comes and carries off the message from their hearts, so that they may not believe it and be saved.

The ones by the path are those into whose hearts the message falls, and as soon as they hear it Satan comes and carries off the message that has been sown in their hearts.

But the seed in the good soil means those who listen to the message and keep it in good, true hearts, and yield unfailingly.

And the ones sown in good ground are the people who listen to the message and welcome it and yield thirty, sixty, even a hundredfold.

He answered, "My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God's message and obey it!"

In the prophets it is written, 'And all men will be taught by God!' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him will come to me.

and he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to learn his will and to see his Righteous One and hear him speak,

Obey the message; do not merely listen to it, and deceive yourselves.

For anyone who merely listens to the message without obeying it is like a man who looks in a mirror at the face that nature gave him,

But whoever looks at the faultless law that makes men free and keeps looking, so that he does not just listen and forget, but obeys and acts upon it, will be blessed in what he does.

For merely hearing the Law read does not make a man upright in the sight of God; men must obey the Law to be made upright.

Once as the crowd was pressing about him to hear God's message, he happened to be standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,

So I sent for you immediately, and you have very kindly come. Now we are all here in God's presence, to hear everything that the Lord has instructed you to say."

The next Sabbath almost all the town gathered to hear God's message.

But I ask, had they no opportunity to hear it? On the contrary, "Their voices have gone all over the earth, And their words to the ends of the world."