Berean Standard Bible
Luke 8:12
12The seeds1 along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
Luke 8:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
- New International Version (NIV)Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Context of Luke 8:12
10He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’ 11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away. 14The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
Read all of Luke 8Luke 8:12 word by word
οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὴν ὁδόν εἰσιν οἱ ἀκούσαντες, εἶτα ἔρχεται ὁ διάβολος καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν ἵνα μὴ πιστεύσαντες σωθῶσιν.Read the interlinear
- ·δέde · thenG1161
- Theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- alongπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
- pathὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
- areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- ·εἶταeita · thenG1534
- devilδιάβολοςdiabolos · devilish/the DevilG1228
- comesἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- takes awayαἴρωairō · to take upG142
- wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
- theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- heartsκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
- so thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- they may not believeμήmē · notG3361
- they may not believeπιστεύωpisteuō · to trust (in)G4100
- be savedσῴζωsōzō · to saveG4982
Cross-references for Luke 8:12
- Luke 8:5“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
- Proverbs 1:24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but 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.
- Mark 4:15Some 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.
- James 1:23For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
- Proverbs 4:5Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn from them.
- Isaiah 65:11But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
- Revelation 12:9And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
Commentaries on Luke 8:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Those by the way side - Bishop Pearce thinks that Luke by ̔ here means , the seeds, though he acknowledges that he has never found such a word as in the plural number signifying seeds.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-15Verses 4-15 See the parable of the sower explained in the notes at Matthew 13:1-23.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-21Verses 4-21 There are many very needful and excellent rules and cautions for hearing the word, in the parable of the sower, and the application of it. Happy are we, and for ever indebted to free grace, if the same thing that is a parable to others, with which they are only amused, is a plain truth to us, by which we are taught and governed. We ought to take heed of the things that will hinder our profiting by the word we hear; to take heed lest we hear…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Satan tries to stop those who have yet to trust in Christ from understanding the truth.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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