Luke 8:13 “The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it w…”

Luke 8:13

The 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

World English Bible

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root. They believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

American Standard Version

And those on the rock are they who, when they have heard, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

Geneva Bible 1599

But they that are on the stones, are they which when they haue heard, receiue ye word with ioy: but they haue no rootes: which for a while beleeue, but in the time of tentation goe away.

Darby Translation

But those upon the rock, those who when they hear receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of trial fall away.

Young's Literal Translation

'And those upon the rock: They who, when they may hear, with joy do receive the word, and these have no root, who for a time believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

Bible in Basic English

And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.

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Cross references

“receive”

John 5:35 Ezekiel 33:32 Isaiah 58:2 Galatians 3:1 Galatians 3:4 Psalm 106:12–14

John 5:35 · BSB

John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

Ezekiel 33:32 · BSB

Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.

Isaiah 58:2 · BSB

For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

Galatians 3:1 · BSB

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

Galatians 3:4 · BSB

Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?

Psalm 106:12–14 · BSB

Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

“and these”

Proverbs 12:12 Jude 1:12 Ephesians 3:17 Job 19:28 Proverbs 12:3 Colossians 2:7

Proverbs 12:12 · BSB

The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

Jude 1:12 · BSB

These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being u…

Ephesians 3:17 · BSB

so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,

Job 19:28 · BSB

If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him, ’

Proverbs 12:3 · BSB

A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

Colossians 2:7 · BSB

rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

“which”

Hosea 6:4 2 Peter 2:22 John 8:30–32 1 Corinthians 15:2 James 2:26 2 Peter 2:20

Hosea 6:4 · BSB

What shall I do with you, O Ephraim ? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

2 Peter 2:22 · BSB

Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”

John 8:30–32 · BSB

As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.

1 Corinthians 15:2 · BSB

By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

James 2:26 · BSB

As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

2 Peter 2:20 · BSB

If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12The 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.

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.

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