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.The ones by the road are the ones where the word is sown; and when they have heard, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.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.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.
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… The farmer sows the word. 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. Others, like seeds sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seeds sown among thorns, hear the word. But the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop, some 30, some 60, or some 100 times what was sown. People receive the word of God in different ways. The critics don't give it a second chance. The devil is there to keep the word from their hard hearts. Other people receive the word enthusiastically, but don't grow in it. …
… Mark chapter 4. Mark 4 verses 1 through 20. Verses 26 to 29, 30 to 34. This is the word of God. Amen. You may be seated. You may want to keep your Bibles open. The kingdom of God has come. Mark's gospel opens up with an emphatic statement about how Jesus came into the world. It says, and Jesus came preaching. It actually gives the content of what he preached in terms of a message and in verse or rather chapter 4, it gives the method that he used to convey the message that he came preaching. Jesus came preaching. One of the fascinating statements in all of the scripture, as far as I'm concerned, is that Jesus came proclaiming a message about the kingdom of God. we don't talk about the kingdom of God very much anymore our focus has changed more on individual salvation privatized spirituality something that was completely different from the message of Jesus Christ he was not as focused on individual as he was communal that he focused his gaze on the kingdom and what the kingdom looked like in the world. …
… do you understand this story I told you? How then will you understand any story that I tell you? The farmer sows the word. 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. Others like seed sown on rocky places, they hear the word of God and at once receive it with great joy. But since they have no, what's that word right there? Root. Since they have no root, they only last a short time. And when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, they're like seeds sown among thorns. They hear the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. But others, like seeds sown on good soil, they hear the word, they accept the word and it produces a crop in them. Some 30, some 60, some a hundred times what was sown. …