¹⁵“And these are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately ^aSatan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

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Cross references

a Matt 4:10f; 1 Pet 5:8; Rev 20:2, 3, 7–10

In other versions

ESVEnglish 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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Some are like the word sown on the path. When they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.

NLTNew 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.

LEBThe 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.

KJV 1900King 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.

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