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Good News Translation

Mark 4:15

Some people are like the seeds that fall along the path; as soon as they hear the message, Satan comes and takes it away.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Apostasy;   Backsliders;   Blindness;   Character;   Instability;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Minister, Christian;   Satan;   Sermon;   Sower;   Temptation;   Word of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible, the;   God's Word;   Word;   Word of God;   Word, God's;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Devil/devils;   Disobedience;   Word of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Perseverance;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Allegory;   Apocalyptic;   Evil;   Parable;   Satan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Allegory;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Evil;   Heart;   Satan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Allegory;   Discourse;   Doctrines;   Ear (2);   Fruit (2);   Metaphors;   Mystery ;   Parable;   Physical ;   Satan (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Some are like the word sown on the path.
King James Version (1611)
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sowen, but when they haue heard, Satan commeth immediately, and taketh away the word that was sowen in their hearts.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
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 American Standard Bible
"These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
New Century Version
Sometimes the teaching falls on the road. This is like the people who hear the teaching of God, but Satan quickly comes and takes away the teaching that was planted in them.
Amplified Bible
"These [in the first group] are the ones along the road where the word is sown; but when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
Legacy Standard Bible
And these are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
Berean Standard Bible
Some 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.
Contemporary English Version
The seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But Satan soon comes and snatches it away from them.
Complete Jewish Bible
Those alongside the path where the message is sown are people who no sooner hear it than the Adversary comes and takes away the message sown in them.
Darby Translation
and these are they by the wayside where the word is sown, and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Sometimes the teaching falls on the path. That is like some people who hear the teaching of God. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the teaching that was planted in them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And these are they that receiue the seede by the wayes side, in whome the worde is sowen: but when they haue heard it, Satan commeth immediatly, and taketh away the worde that was sowen in their heartes.
George Lamsa Translation
Those on the roadside are those in whom the word is sown; and when they have heard it, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word which is sown in their hearts.
Lexham English Bible
And these are the ones beside the path where the word is sown, and whenever they hear it, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
Literal Translation
And these are those by the wayside where the Word is sown. And when they hear, Satan comes at once and takes away the Word having been sown in their hearts.
American Standard Version
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, straightway cometh Satan, and taketh away the word which hath been sown in them.
Bible in Basic English
And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.
Hebrew Names Version
These are the ones by the road, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Hasatan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
International Standard Version
Some people are like the seedsThese are the ones
">[fn] along the path, where the word is sown. When they hear it, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
Etheridge Translation
These which were by the way-side, these are they in whom the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately cometh Satana, and taketh up the word which was sowed in their heart.
Murdock Translation
And those by the side of the path, are they in whom the word is sown; and as soon as they have heard [fn] , Satan cometh, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they [that receaued seede] by the way side, are those where the worde is sowe: but when they haue hearde, Satan cometh immediatly, and taketh away the word that was sowen in their heartes.
English Revised Version
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, straightway cometh Satan, and taketh away the word which hath been sown in them.
World English Bible
These are they by the road, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word sown in their hearts.
Weymouth's New Testament
Those who receive the seed by the way-side are those in whom the Message is sown, but, when they have heard it, Satan comes at once and carries away the Message sown in them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But these it ben that ben aboute the weie, where the word is sowun; and whanne thei han herd, anoon cometh Satanas, and takith awei the word that is sowun in her hertis.
Update Bible Version
And these are those by the wayside, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, right away Satan comes, and takes away the word which has been sown in them.
Webster's Bible Translation
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 English Translation
These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them.
New King James Version
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.
New Living Translation
The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message, only to have Satan come at once and take it away.
New Life Bible
Those by the side of the road are the ones who hear the Word. As soon as they hear it, the devil comes and takes away the Word that is planted in their hearts.
New Revised Standard
These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And these are they beside the pathway where the word is sown, - and, as soon as they hear, straightway, cometh Satan, and snatcheth away the word which hath been sown into them;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown, and as soon as they have heard, immediately Satan cometh and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
Revised Standard Version
And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown; when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which is sown in them.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they that are by the wayes syde where the worde is sowen are they to whom assone as they have herde it Satha cometh immediatly and takith awaye the worde that was sowe in their hertes.
Young's Literal Translation
and these are they by the way where the word is sown: and whenever they may hear, immediately cometh the Adversary, and he taketh away the word that hath been sown in their hearts.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These be they that are by the waye syde: where the worde is sowne, and as soone as they haue herde it, immediatly commeth Satha, and taketh awaye the worde that was sowen in their hertes.
Mace New Testament (1729)
they who receiv'd seed by the wayside, are those in whom the word is sown, who no sooner have heard it, but satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The seed that fell on the road stands for those who hear the good news, but they let Satan take it away before it does anything to them.

Contextual Overview

1 Again Jesus began to teach beside Lake Galilee. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it. The boat was out in the water, and the crowd stood on the shore at the water's edge. 2 He used parables to teach them many things, saying to them: 3 "Listen! Once there was a man who went out to sow grain. 4 As he scattered the seed in the field, some of it fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some of it fell on rocky ground, where there was little soil. The seeds soon sprouted, because the soil wasn't deep. 6 Then, when the sun came up, it burned the young plants; and because the roots had not grown deep enough, the plants soon dried up. 7 Some of the seed fell among thorn bushes, which grew up and choked the plants, and they didn't bear grain. 8 But some seeds fell in good soil, and the plants sprouted, grew, and bore grain: some had thirty grains, others sixty, and others one hundred." 9 And Jesus concluded, "Listen, then, if you have ears!" 10 When Jesus was alone, some of those who had heard him came to him with the twelve disciples and asked him to explain the parables.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

these: Mark 4:4, Genesis 19:14, Isaiah 53:1, Matthew 22:5, Luke 8:12, Luke 14:18, Luke 14:19, Acts 17:18-20, Acts 17:32, Acts 18:14-17, Acts 25:19, Acts 25:20, Acts 26:31, Acts 26:32, Hebrews 2:1, Hebrews 12:16

Satan: Job 1:6-12, Zechariah 3:1, Matthew 13:19, Acts 5:3, 2 Corinthians 2:11, 2 Corinthians 4:3, 2 Corinthians 4:4, 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 1 Peter 5:8, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 20:3, Revelation 20:7, Revelation 20:10

Reciprocal: Luke 8:5 - sower

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If seven lives are taken to pay for killing Cain, Seventy-seven will be taken if anyone kills me."
Leviticus 26:18
"If even after all of this you still do not obey me, I will increase your punishment seven times.
Leviticus 26:21
"If you still continue to resist me and refuse to obey me, I will again increase your punishment seven times.
Leviticus 26:24
then I will turn on you and punish you seven times harder than before.
Leviticus 26:28
then in my anger I will turn on you and again make your punishment seven times worse than before.
1 Kings 16:7
That message from the Lord against Baasha and his family was given by the prophet Jehu because of the sins that Baasha committed against the Lord . He aroused the Lord 's anger not only because of the evil he did, just as King Jeroboam had done before him, but also because he killed all of Jeroboam's family.
Psalms 59:11
Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your strength and defeat them, O Lord, our protector.
Psalms 79:12
Lord, pay the other nations back seven times for all the insults they have hurled at you.
Proverbs 6:31
Ezekiel 9:4
"Go through the whole city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the forehead of everyone who is distressed and troubled because of all the disgusting things being done in the city."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown,.... Such hearers are represented by the way side, in which the seed fell; who, coming where the Gospel is preached, stop awhile and hear it, and so are only casual and accidental hearers of it:

but when they have heard; and indeed whilst they are hearing, and before they are well got out of the place of hearing,

Satan cometh immediately and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. The devil, signified by the fowl, or fowls of the air, immediately takes notice of such hearers, and is very busy with them; filling their minds with other things suitable to their dispositions, and setting before them other objects, whereby their minds are, at once, taken off from what they have been hearing; so that all that they have observed, and laid up in their memories, is lost at once, and never thought of any more.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 13:18-23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 4:15. THESE 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?


 
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