Luke 8:12
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.
Luke 8:12 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | Those 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. |
| ASV | And those by the way side are they that have heard; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved. |
| YLT | and those beside the way are those hearing, then cometh the Devil, and taketh up the word from their heart, lest having believed, they may be saved. |
| DARBY | But those by the wayside are those who hear; then comes the devil and takes away the word from their heart that they may not believe and be saved. |
| BBE | Those by the side of the road are those who have given hearing; then the Evil One comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not have faith and get salvation. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Luke 8:12 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 8:4-21
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…
Luke 8:12 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 8:12
- 2 Thessalonians 2:9-14
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. …
- Matthew 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. This is he which received seed by the way side.
- Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
- Proverbs 1:24-26
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
- Mark 4:15
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.
- James 1:23-24
For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
- Proverbs 4:5
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
- Proverbs 1:29
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
- Isaiah 65:11
But ye are they that forsake the Lord, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
- Luke 8:5
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
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Context
- Luke 8:11
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
- Luke 8:12
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.
- Luke 8:13
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.
Luke 8:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y los de junto al camino, éstos son los que oyen; y luego viene el diablo, y quita la palabra de su corazón, porque no crean y se salven. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et ceux qui sont le long du chemin, sont ceux qui entendent la parole; ensuite vient le diable, et il ôte de leur cœur la parole, de peur qu’en croyant, ils ne soient sauvés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die aber an dem Wege sind die, welche hören; dann kommt der Teufel und nimmt das Wort von ihren Herzen weg, auf daß sie nicht glauben und errettet werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui autem secus viam, hi sunt qui audiunt: deinde venit diabolus, et tollit verbum de corde eorum, ne credentes salvi fiant. |