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Mark 4:15

WEB

15The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

KJV

15 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.

BSB

15Some are like the seeds [+] along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

FBV

15[+] The seeds on the path where the word is sown illustrate those who hear the message, but then Satan immediately comes along and takes away the word that's been sown in them.

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Extra References

1 Peter 5:8

8Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Matthew 13:19

19When 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.

2 Corinthians 2:11

11that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.

Mark 4:4

4As he sowed, some seed fell by the road, and the birds[+] came and devoured it.

2 Corinthians 4:3-4

3Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who are dying, 4in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

Luke 8:12

12Those along the road are those who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.

Isaiah 53:1

1Who has believed our message? To whom has the LORD’s arm been revealed?

Luke 14:18-19

18They all as one began to make excuses. “The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.’

19“Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.’

Acts 5:3

3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land?

Job 1:6-12

6Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before the LORD, [+] Satan also came among them. 7The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, “From going back and forth in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”

8The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”

9Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 11But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”

12The LORD said to Satan, “Behold, [+] all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.