Tree of Life Version
Mark 4:15
15These are the ones beside the road where the word is sown. Whenever they hear, satan comes quickly and takes away the word that has been sown in them.
Mark 4:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Some people are like seed 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
Context of Mark 4:15
13He said to them, “Don’t you grasp this parable? Then how will you understand all the parables? 14The sower sows the word. These are the ones beside the road where the word is sown. Whenever they hear, satan comes quickly and takes away the word that has been sown in them. 16“These are the ones sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy. 17And they have no root in themselves but last only a short while. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
Read all of Mark 4Mark 4:15 word by word
οὗτοι δέ εἰσιν οἱ παρὰ τὴν ὁδὸν ὅπου σπείρεται ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὅταν ἀκούσωσιν, εὐθὺς ἔρχεται ὁ σατανᾶς καὶ αἴρει τὸν λόγον τὸν ἐσπαρμένονRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andδέde · thenG1161
- theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- are theyεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- byπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
- the way sideὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the way sideὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
- whereὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
- the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- is sownσπείρωspeirō · to sowG4687
- butκαίkai · andG2532
- whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
- they have heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- SatanΣατανᾶςSatanas · SatanG4567
- comethἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- immediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
- taketh awayαἴρωairō · to take upG142
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- heartsκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588
Cross-references for Mark 4:15
- Mark 4:4It happened that as he sowed, some fell beside the road; and the birds came and ate it up.
- Genesis 19:14So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters, “Get up!” he said, “Get out of this place! For Adonai is about to destroy the city!” But in the eyes of his sons-in-law, he was like a joker.
- Isaiah 53:1‘Who has believed our report? To whom is the arm of Adonai revealed?
- Matthew 22:5“But paying no attention, they went away, one to his own farm, another to his business.
- Luke 8:12Those beside the road are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and be saved.
- Luke 14:18“But every one of them began to beg off. The first said to him, ‘I bought a farm, and I’m obligated to go out to see it. I’m asking you to have me excused.’
- Acts 17:18Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What’s this babbler trying to say?” while others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities”—because he was proclaiming the Good News of Yeshua and the resurrection.
- Acts 18:14But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jewish people, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or a vicious crime, there would be a reason to put up with you, O Jews.
- Acts 25:19Instead, they had certain issues with him about their own religion and about a certain Yeshua, who had died, whom Paul claimed to be alive.
- Acts 26:31When they had gone away, they began talking among themselves, saying, “This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.”
- Hebrews 2:1For this reason it is necessary for us to pay especially close attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
- Hebrews 12:16Also see to it that there is no immoral or godless person—like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.
- Job 1:6One day the sons of God came to present themselves before Adonai, and the satan also came with them.
- Zechariah 3:1Then he showed me Joshua the kohen gadol standing before the angel of Adonai and the satan, standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one having been sown along the road.
- Acts 5:3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has satan filled your heart to lie to the Ruach ha-Kodesh and keep back part of the proceeds of the land?
Commentaries on Mark 4:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15These are they - Probably our Lord here refers to the people to whom he had just now preached, and who, it is likely, did not profit by the word spoken. Where the word is sown - Instead of this clause, four copies of the Itala read the place thus - They who are sown by the way side, are they Who Receive The Word Negligently. There are thousands of this stamp in the Christian world. Reader, art thou one of them?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-20Verses 14-20 See the notes at Matthew 13:18-23.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-20The explanation of the parable of the four soils uses an allegory (a story where each part has a deeper meaning). The farmer represents someone who shares God’s word (4:14). The four types of soil represent different ways people respond to that message. The main point of the parable is that people should be like good soil and listen to God’s word (4:9). Only those who produce a crop (show a changed life) and continue faithfully to the end will be saved…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. And these are they by the wayside, where the word is sown; but, when they have heard, &c.--or, more fully (Mt 13:19), "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." The great truth here taught is, that hearts all unbroken and hard are no fit soil for saving truth. They apprehend it not (Mt 13:19) as God's means of restoring them to Himself; it…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 4
- 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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