Luke 8:13 Cross References

Luke 8:13

13: The rocky soil represents those who hear the message with joy. But like young plants in such soil, their roots don't go very deep. They believe for a while, but they wilt when the hot winds of testing blow.

Hosea 6:4

  1. "O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?" asks the LORD. "For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.

John 5:35

  1. John shone brightly for a while, and you benefited and rejoiced.

Ezekiel 33:32

  1. You are very entertaining to them, like someone who sings love songs with a beautiful voice or plays fine music on an instrument. They hear what you say, but they don't do it!

Proverbs 12:12

  1. Thieves are jealous of each other's loot, while the godly bear their own fruit.

2 Peter 2:20

  1. And when people escape from the wicked ways of the world by learning about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up with sin and become its slave again, they are worse off than before.

Jude 1:12

  1. When these people join you in fellowship meals celebrating the love of the Lord, they are like dangerous reefs that can shipwreck you. They are shameless in the way they care only about themselves. They are like clouds blowing over dry land without giving rain, promising much but producing nothing. They are like trees without fruit at harvesttime. They are not only dead but doubly dead, for they have been pulled out by the roots.

Hebrews 10:39

  1. But we are not like those who turn their backs on God and seal their fate. We have faith that assures our salvation.

2 Peter 2:22

  1. They make these proverbs come true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A washed pig returns to the mud."

2 Timothy 2:18

  1. They have left the path of truth, preaching the lie that the resurrection of the dead has already occurred; and they have undermined the faith of some.
  2. But God's truth stands firm like a foundation stone with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and "Those who claim they belong to the Lord must turn away from all wickedness."

Isaiah 58:2

  1. Yet they act so pious! They come to the Temple every day and seem delighted to hear my laws. You would almost think this was a righteous nation that would never abandon its God. They love to make a show of coming to me and asking me to take action on their behalf.

Ephesians 3:17

  1. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love.

Psalms 106:12

  1. Then at last his people believed his promises. Then they finally sang his praise.
  2. Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done! They wouldn't wait for his counsel!
  3. In the wilderness, their desires ran wild, testing God's patience in that dry land.

Galatians 3:4

  1. You have suffered so much for the Good News. Surely it was not in vain, was it? Are you now going to just throw it all away?

John 2:23

  1. Because of the miraculous signs he did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many people were convinced that he was indeed the Messiah.
  2. But Jesus didn't trust them, because he knew what people were really like.
  3. No one needed to tell him about human nature.

Galatians 4:15

  1. Where is that joyful spirit we felt together then? In those days, I know you would gladly have taken out your own eyes and given them to me if it had been possible.
  2. Have I now become your enemy because I am telling you the truth?
  3. Those false teachers who are so anxious to win your favor are not doing it for your good. They are trying to shut you off from me so that you will pay more attention to them.
  4. Now it's wonderful if you are eager to do good, and especially when I am not with you.
  5. But oh, my dear children! I feel as if I am going through labor pains for you again, and they will continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives.

1 Thessalonians 3:5

  1. That is why, when I could bear it no longer, I sent Timothy to find out whether your faith was still strong. I was afraid that the Tempter had gotten the best of you and that all our work had been useless.

1 Corinthians 13:2

  1. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, but didn't love others, what good would I be? And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no good to anybody.

James 2:26

  1. Just as the body is dead without a spirit, so also faith is dead without good deeds.

John 15:2

  1. He cuts off every branch that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.

Job 19:28

  1. "How dare you go on persecuting me, saying, `It's his own fault'?

Luke 22:31

  1. "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to have all of you, to sift you like wheat.
  2. But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen and build up your brothers."

John 12:42

  1. Many people, including some of the Jewish leaders, believed in him. But they wouldn't admit it to anyone because of their fear that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue.
  2. For they loved human praise more than the praise of God.

Mark 4:16

  1. The rocky soil represents those who hear the message and receive it with joy.
  2. But like young plants in such soil, their roots don't go very deep. At first they get along fine, but they wilt as soon as they have problems or are persecuted because they believe the word.

1 Timothy 1:19

  1. Cling tightly to your faith in Christ, and always keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked.

John 8:30

  1. Then many who heard him say these things believed in him.
  2. Jesus said to the people who believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you keep obeying my teachings.
  3. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

Colossians 1:23

  1. But you must continue to believe this truth and stand in it firmly. Don't drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed by God to proclaim it.

1 Corinthians 15:2

  1. And it is this Good News that saves you if you firmly believe it--unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.

John 15:6

  1. Anyone who parts from me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.

Proverbs 12:3

  1. Wickedness never brings stability; only the godly have deep roots.

Galatians 3:1

  1. Oh, foolish Galatians! What magician has cast an evil spell on you? For you used to see the meaning of Jesus Christ's death as clearly as though I had shown you a signboard with a picture of Christ dying on the cross.

Acts 8:13

  1. Then Simon himself believed and was baptized. He began following Philip wherever he went, and he was amazed by the great miracles and signs Philip performed.
  2. When the apostles back in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there.
  3. As soon as they arrived, they prayed for these new Christians to receive the Holy Spirit.
  4. The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, for they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
  5. Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.

Mark 6:20

  1. And Herod respected John, knowing that he was a good and holy man, so he kept him under his protection. Herod was disturbed whenever he talked with John, but even so, he liked to listen to him.

Colossians 2:7

  1. Let your roots grow down into him and draw up nourishment from him, so you will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the truth you were taught. Let your lives overflow with thanksgiving for all he has done.

Matthew 13:20

  1. The rocky soil represents those who hear the message and receive it with joy.
  2. But like young plants in such soil, their roots don't go very deep. At first they get along fine, but they wilt as soon as they have problems or are persecuted because they believe the word.

1 John 2:19

  1. These people left our churches because they never really belonged with us; otherwise they would have stayed with us. When they left us, it proved that they do not belong with us.
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